Link to Dispatches: Chechnya, the dirty war documentary
Documentary Description
The
military conflict in Chechnya has now been dragging on for more than
ten years. During this war Moscow has tried every means possible to
prevent it being reported in the press. And so all contacts with
members of Chechen resistance are considered illegal. According to the
latest report to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, in
2004 1,700 disappeared in the republic without trace, and illegal
killings became commonplace.
Reporters Mariusz Pilis and Marcin Mamon travel to
neighboring Chechnya, one of the most dangerous places on earth, to
report on what life is like after more than a decade of Chechen
terrorism and Russian repression. Filmed over the course of nine
months, the film reveals that what started as a separatist movement in
1994 has now become synonymous with terrorism