Immersed in a time capsule inside a rural village in Western Ukraine, as a viewer, I felt transported to a timeless world where an old healer has a way of knowing and healing through nature and the spoken word. A world in which, nature and women co-operate in rhythms so simple, so authentic and yet so powerful. The personal aspect of the filmmaker’s journey to the Ukrainian village reinforces the experience that the film generates.

Richard D. Pepperman

"The filmmakers invite us on their journey [back] in time, to a place where a thousand years of magic whispers through its people and music. Baba Anna, and her visitors, heal the heart!" -Richard D. Pepperman, Author: The Eye Is Quicker Film Editing, Making a Good Film Better

Vincent LoBrutto

I really, really loved this film. It is so personal and intimate yet universal. I love films that start out seeming like they are about one thing, here Ukraine musical culture and then become something else, a film about a magical woman... -Vincent LoBrutto, Author: Stanley Kubrick: A Biography, The Encyclopedia of American Independent Filmmaking, Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures.

Sonia Prokopetz, M.D.

The Whispering was something I hadn’t heard of nor experienced before. I could relate to the lives of the North American women, and, because of this, felt some of the power of the process. Ms. Odezynska was particularly open. I admired her courage. It strengthened the impact of what she had experienced within me, and, I am now wondering, what could the Whisperer do for me? -Sonia Prokopetz, M.D., Toronto, CANADA