In the initial days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Polish aid worker-turned-filmmaker Maciek Hamela purchased a minivan and began evacuating civilians — mostly women and children, now all refugees — to Poland.

In the initial days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Polish aid worker-turned-filmmaker Maciek Hamela purchased a minivan and began evacuating civilians — mostly women and children, now all refugees — to Poland. Filmed almost entirely inside his vehicle, In the Rearview eschews depictions of carnage in order to capture the psychological costs and tragic consequences of the Russian invasion. Squashed in Hamela’s backseat, a family sheds tears over abandoning their cow. A young man speaks stoically about being tortured by Russian soldiers. Five-year-old Sanya has stopped speaking. As Hamela’s taxi navigates checkpoints, minefields, and Russian attacks, In the Rearview displays faces — young and old, devastated and resilient — offering a moving and sublime reflection of humanity in the midst of war.