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At the height of the protests in Kiev's Maidan Square, a piano, about to be used as a barricade, is rescued by a music student. The bashed up piano becomes a symbol of the revolution, reigning over the square, singing along with the protesters and fueling their fervour. Piano is the story of an instrument at war and the "piano extremists" who fought to keep its message of freedom alive. Remarkably our instrument protagonist survives. It is played at fallen heroes' funerals and introduces us to Bohdan: an activist with a tragic story. Dressed in a bulletproof vest and balaclava, he plays the piano every day after fighting. And the piano's music becomes a source of strength for the protesters, musicians or not. Piano is a tale of courage and the power of music in a fight against political oppression.

Piano is a 2016 documentary with a runtime of 41 minutes.