Three months before the invasion, Sean Penn and his film production team were already in Ukraine, preparing a documentary that would profile Volodymyr Zelenskyy's atypical career trajectory from actor-comedian-producer to president.
But that story took an unexpected turn when Russia invaded Ukraine, leading the still relatively inexperienced politician to become a wartime leader.
The ensuing documentary, "Superpower," co-directed by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufmann, premiered on Friday at the Berlinale.
The premiere came a day after Penn's appearance on stage at the film festival's opening ceremony, where he introduced a live video address by the Ukrainian president.
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A Reddit post that has been described as the "split face diving accident" online has gone viral on social media. Although the story and gruesome video were uploaded 13 years ago, netizens seem to have caught on to the old post recently. The story was uploaded on Reddit many years ago by platform user u/zombiedub. It had amassed 93% of upvotes at the time of writing this article. The horrific accident involving a 16-year-old Beirut resident reportedly occurred in June 2009. The diving accident included a teenager attempting to take a dive off the Manara Promenade, located right across from the American University. Unfortunately, the teenager hit concrete first and then hit the ocean. Read more: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/reddit-split-face-diving-accident-post-resurfaces-online Read also: Young M.A fans fear for rapper's health after video surfaces online