Actor Sean Penn suggested to a San Francisco audience that the Democratic Party’s success in the midterm elections may help boost Ukraine’s war effort in its conflict with Russia.
“With the change of temperature in the United States, I feel even more comfortable saying that I still believe that this is an amazing fight for freedom,” Penn told a sold-out audience at the Vogue Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 7. “Ukraine is going to dominate their defense of freedom.”
Penn was onstage to introduce the U.S. premiere of “Black Sunflowers,” a remarkable documentary by James Marcus Haney about a young generation of Ukrainians defiantly living life in an era of war. The film was screening in public for just the second time at SFFilm Doc Stories after making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The actor, a former Marin County resident, has supported Ukraine and its leader, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of the country on Feb. 24, 2022…