The collection includes works by the outstanding Ukrainian film director Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko (1894-1956), dedicated to the theme of war, human and national dignity. As a war correspondent, Dovzhenko saw firsthand the horrors of war, the pain and suffering of people who, despite everything, preserved humanity and love for their land and their people. And it is this truth that the director was not forgiven, depriving him of the opportunity to work in his homeland. "Ukraine is known only to those who were on it, on its fires today, and not from the newspapers... calculates its victories, " A. Dovzhenko wrote in his diary, which has not lost its relevance to this day.