A hostage situation ended after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promoted the 2005 animal rights documentary Earthlings. “Everyone should watch the 2005 film Earthlings,” Zelensky urged ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy helped free 13 people taken hostage on a bus and end the standoff by agreeing to one of Maksym Kryvosh’s (the hostage-taker) demand - to play a 2005 animal rights ...

An animal rights documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix played an unexpected role in a recent hostage negotiation in Ukraine. A 44-year-old man named Maksym Kryvosh allegedly took control of a bus in ...

A 2005 animal rights documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix called “Earthlings” in part helped Ukrainian officials defuse a tense hostage situation. The New York Times reported Wednesday that a ...

Thirteen hostages in Ukraine have reportedly been released unharmed after Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy assented to a rather unusual, movie-related request: Promoting the 2005 animal rights ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nation Earth, a film production company dedicated to socially urgent issues, today announced its award-winning film Earthlings, a feature-length documentary about the ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was forced to recommend "Earthlings," an animal-rights documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, on Facebook to save the lives of 10 hostages after a heated 12-hour ...

Joaquin Phoenix's documentary Earthlings played a surprising role in bringing a hostage situation in Lutsk, Ukraine to an end this week. A nearly 12-hour standoff between the police and an armed man ...

A man with a firearm and explosives took 13 hostages and demanded Ukraine’s president endorse a documentary about animal abuse. The president complied. By Andrew E. Kramer MOSCOW — A nearly 12-hour ...