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Welcome to Chechnya ( Russian: Добро пожаловать в Чечню, romanized : Dobro pozhalovat' v Chechnyu) is a 2020 documentary film by American reporter, author and documentarian David France. [1] The film centers on the anti-gay purges in Chechnya of the late 2010s, filming LGBT Chechen refugees using hidden cameras as they made ...
- David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin
Jun 30, 2020 · Welcome to Chechnya: Directed by David France. With Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov. A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
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Watch Welcome to Chechnya with a subscription on Prime Video, Max, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. An illuminating and urgent call to action, Welcome to Chechnya portrays the ...
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Welcome to Chechnya director David France and LGBTQ+ advocate Roxane Gay discuss how the documentary came to be and the importance of raising awareness around the LGBTQ+ cleansing campaign in Chechnya. Watch Welcome to Chechnya online at HBO.com. Stream on any device any time. Explore cast information, synopsis and more.
Jun 30, 2020 · Welcome to Chechnya. Documentarian David France faced an unenviable challenge with his latest film, “Welcome to Chechnya.”. Moved by the plight of queer people trying to escape government-sanctioned persecution of the Russian state’s LGBTQ community, he embedded himself in the rescue efforts to smuggle out refugees to safer corners of the ...
Jun 30, 2020 · Like France’s first film, “How to Survive a Plague” (2012), a ferocious account of the struggles of early AIDS activists, “Welcome to Chechnya” is a movie that draws its energy from trauma.