Children of Beslan
2005
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This harrowing documentary recounts the terrorist attack on the small Russian town of Beslan in 2004, when over 330 innocent people, many of them children, were murdered.
May 1, 2006 · TV-14. 1h 15m. IMDb RATING. 7.7 /10. 387. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary. In September 2004, Chechen rebels occupied a school in the small Russian city of Beslan, taking some 1,200 people-most of them children-hostage. At the end of three days, over 330 were dead. Director. Joe Halderman. Writer. Joe Halderman. Stars. Ruslan Aushev. Shamil Basayev.
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- Joe Halderman
- TV-14
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
- Ten years later
Throughout Russia, September 1 is an annual celebration marking the opening day of school. In Beslan, that celebration turned into a nightmare when some 30, heavily armed Chechen terrorists attacked School Number One. Nearly 1,200 teachers, parents and children were immediately taken hostage. Dariya's younger sister was one of them.
"Three Days in September" tells the story of ordinary people who found themselves at the gates of hell. Two of Russia's elite soldiers from the Spetznaz force also share their story in a rare interview with a captain and one of his key snipers. This is the inside story of an unspeakable tragedy - but it's also a story of courage - and survival - and the will to keep going by those who survived it.
While working in Beslan, filmmakers were given a remarkable tape discovered by teenagers in the rubble of the school after the siege. A video camera brought to school that September morning by a proud Beslan parent, found its way into the hands of the terrorists. The tape reveals never-before-seen details of the drama unfolding inside the besieged school. The video lets us see, first hand, the absolute horror of the takeover, including a pile of bodies dumped out of a classroom window after having been shot by the terrorists on the first day.
We witness the only face-to-face negotiations during the siege. In a dramatic breakthrough, a group of mothers are allowed to walk out of the school with their nursing babies -- in some cases forced to leave older children behind.
This tape would become a critical piece of evidence as the Kremlin investigated this act of terrorism.
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Dariya Fadeeva came to the United States to attend Texas Christian University. After graduating, she attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. She is now working for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Her sister, Alya is currently a student at Moscow University. She is studying Economic Crisis Management at the Moscow Institute of Management.
- 81 min
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- Joe Halderman
- May 1, 2006
- Julia Roberts
Documentary. Free trial of Paramount+. Watch with Paramount+. Start your 7-day free trial. Details. This harrowing documentary recounts the terrorist attack on the small Russian town of Beslan in 2004, when over 330 innocent people, many of them children, were murdered.
TRY IT FREE. A harrowing documentary account of a terrorist attack on a Russian town. Julia Roberts narrates this account of the 2004 hostage crisis in the small Russian town of Beslan, where Chechen terrorists seized a school and killed over.
Beslan: Three Days in September 2006 1h 15m Documentary List Reviews The terrorist attack on the Russian town of Beslan saw 1,200 people taken hostage by Chechen rebels.
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