Volodymyr Zelenskyy

David Letterman journeys to Kyiv, Ukraine, for a stirring, personal and in-depth conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

An intensely visceral, aesthetically bold personal response to the war in Ukraine that only the fearlessly iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara could make, this form-breaking documentary blends harrowing battlefield footage; powerful interviews with soldiers, civilians, and president Volodymyr Zelensky; and incantatory spoken-word performance art by punk priestess Patti Smith into a blistering meditation on the senselessness of the man-made hell that is war. Enhanced by its raw, lo-fi video aesthetic, TURN IN THE WOUND seeks not to explain or uncover some kind of “objective” truth but to bear witness to and to confront, head on, horrors from which we must not look away.

On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers while reporting on the war in Ukraine. Later, his younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent's body and his final recordings and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent's journey to his final resting place unfolds, the award-winning short film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world's most dangerous conflicts. Unflinching in its depiction of death, loss, and the toll of war, the film is a tribute to Brent and all the devoted journalists who use their cameras to work for truth and understanding.