Question: Are the directors of films American Drug War: The Last White Hope and Ukrainian Rhapsody both from the same country?

He invented his own cinematic style, which was totally out of step with the guiding principles of socialist realism( the only sanctioned art style in the USSR). This, combined with his controversial lifestyle and behaviour, led Soviet authorities to repeatedly persecute and imprison him, and suppress his films. Although he started professional film- making in 1954, Parajanov later disowned all the films he made before 1965 as" garbage". After directing" Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"( renamed" Wild Horses of Fire" for most foreign distributions) Parajanov became something of an international celebrity and simultaneously a target of attacks from the system. Nearly all of his film projects and plans from 1965 to 1973 were banned, scrapped or closed by the Soviet film administrations, both local( in Kiev and Yerevan) and federal( Goskino), almost without discussion, until he was finally arrested in late 1973 on charges of rape, homosexuality and bribery. He was imprisoned until 1977, despite a pleas for pardon from various artists. Even after his release( he was arrested for the third and last time in 1982) he was a" persona non grata" in Soviet cinema. It was not until the mid-1980s, when the political climate started to relax, that he could resume directing. Still, it required the help of influential Georgian actor Dodo Abashidze and other friends to have his last feature films greenlighted. His health seriously weakened by four years in labor camps and nine months in prison in Tbilisi, Parajanov died of lung cancer in 1990, at a time when, after almost 20 years of suppression, his films were being featured at foreign film festivals. In January 1988, he said in an interview," Everyone knows that I have three Motherlands. I was born in Georgia, worked in Ukraine and I'm going to die in Armenia." Sergei Parajanov( sometimes spelled Paradzhanov or Paradjanov; January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was a Soviet film director and artist of Armenian descent who made significant contributions to Soviet cinematography through Ukrainian, Georgian, and Armenian cinema. Sergei Parajanov is buried at Komitas Pantheon in Yerevan. Parajanov's films won prizes at Mar del Plata Film Festival, Istanbul International Film Festival, Nika Awards, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Sitges- Catalan International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival and others. <SEP> Mikki Norris( born July 18, 1952) is an American drug policy activist, former publisher, and author, known for her work highlighting the human cost of the US War on Drugs. She co-authored, with husband Chris Conrad and Virginia Resner," Shattered Lives: Portraits From America's Drug War" and" Human Rights and the US Drug War". Norris was also the co-founder, managing editor, and publisher of the" West Coast Leaf", the" cannabis newspaper of record" for the West Coast of the United States from 2008 to 2013. The newspaper has gone digital, and is now" The Leaf Online". <SEP> Ukrainian Rhapsody is a 1961 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Parajanov. <SEP> He was known for his documentary film series" American Drug War". Booth worked with comedian Bill Hicks, until the time of his death on February 26, 1994 and posthumously produced Hicks' records" Rant in E Minor" and" Arizona Bay". Booth also explored controversial subjects such as the Waco siege and the New World Order. Booth lectures at universities while continuing to make more films about American drug policy. Kevin Booth( born October 2, 1961) is an American film director, producer, lecturer and musician. <SEP> American Drug War: The Last White Hope is a 2007 documentary film by writer and director Kevin Booth about the War on Drugs in the United States. <SEP> The Last White Dishwasher is a 2008 mockumentary short film, based on an original concept by Carlos Alazraqui, and written and directed by Claudia Duran. It tells the story of the" last white dishwasher in America." It was featured at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival in October 14, 2009.