Documentary, War  •  2025  •  108 min

2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)

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2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional

Viewer Rating
8.7

Overview

2000 Meters to Andriivka is a 2025 documentary directed and photographed by Mstyslav Chernov, with cinematography by Alex Babenko. The film documents Chernov and Babenko embedded with a Ukrainian platoon advancing 2000 meters toward the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Produced for PBS FRONTLINE, it continues Chernov's frontline reporting from his prior Oscar-winning work.


Starring Cast

Mstyslav Chernov


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

Mstyslav Chernov embeds with a Ukrainian assault brigade to chronicle their push against Russian occupiers in Andriivka, taking an unflinching stance in solidarity with Ukraine's defense. This perspective frames the invasion as unconscionable aggression, aligning the film's core message with left-leaning emphases on human rights and international opposition to imperialism.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The documentary centers on white male Ukrainian soldiers advancing through deadly terrain, portraying their resilience and humanity without incorporating diverse representation or narratives that critique traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High

Mstyslav Chernov embeds with a Ukrainian assault brigade, accessing soldiers' helmet-cam footage and personal reflections during a grueling counteroffensive. The documentary reveals traditional family structures through backstories of married fathers and sons, portraying spousal and parental bonds as sources of motivation and grief amid wartime separation, without critiquing these norms.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The documentary features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, centering instead on the harrowing wartime experiences of Ukrainian soldiers.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The documentary contains no depiction of transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on the experiences of Ukrainian soldiers during the war.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

This documentary follows real journalists and Ukrainian soldiers during a 2023 military operation, portraying them without any changes to their documented genders from historical events.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

This documentary presents real footage of Ukrainian soldiers and journalists without fictional characters or adaptations from source material, resulting in no race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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8.4
The Movie Database logo
8.0

Critic Ratings

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9.4
Metacritic logo
8.8

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