Welcome to Chechnya
Year: 2020
Country:
United States
Language:
Engish, Russian
Run Time:
107 minutes
Searing urgency is a guiding force as WELCOME TO CHECHNYA shadows a group of activists who risk unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Since 2016 Chechnya’s tyrannical leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has waged a depraved operation to “cleanse the blood” of LGBTQ+ Chechens, overseeing a government-directed campaign to detain, torture, and execute them. With no help from the Kremlin and only faint global condemnation of the violence, a vast and secretive network of activists takes matters into its own hands. With unfettered access, Academy Award® nominee, David France, chronicles a modernday underground railroad, using a remarkable approach to protect the anonymity of his subjects. France is the perfect filmmaker to tell this story. He’s a warrior with a camera and the ultimate purveyor of the imperative of documentary to expose atrocity and ignite change. With scorching power that will leave you quaking in your seat, WELCOME TO CHECHNYA dares to confront genocide in the making. (In English and Russian with subtitles) — Sundance Film Festival
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Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
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Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition
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David France
Producers
Alice Henty, Joy A. Tomchin, Askold Kurov, David France
Screenwriting
David France, Tyler H. Walk
Cinematography
Askold Kurov, Derek Wiesehahn
Editing
Tyler H. Walk
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