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Welcome to Chechnya

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Activists risk their lives to confront Russian leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his government-directed campaign to detain, torture and execute LGBTQ Chechens.
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An illuminating and urgent call to action, Welcome to Chechnya portrays the horrors of the mass persecution of the LGBTQ+ community in the Chechen Republic with tenacity and tenderness.

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Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge. brought home the horror with a dramatic urgency. David France's grimly compelling film was a docu-thriller, with heart-stopping moments as activists spirited people out of the country in clandestine operations. Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Alex Davidson Sight & Sound France sensitively draws out the personalities of his subjects, ensuring that, despite the digital disguises and pseudonyms, they emerge as distinct individuals. Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Rebecca Nicholson Guardian David France has made a difficult, distressing and often tremendously bleak film about the torture and murder of LGBT people in Chechnya, and the brave efforts of community activists and organisers to "extract" them from the region. Rated: 5/5 Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net WELCOME TO CHECHNYA comes with the highest of content warnings.... It should traumatize us into action. Anything less would be too easy to brush away. The images seen will sear into the mind. Rated: 5/5 Jul 18, 2024 Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture The balance between the macro-political perspective with the more intimate personal stories is well-executed, giving the full context of what these people are going through and the sense of urgency felt in their desperate situations. Rated: 7/10 Jun 5, 2022 Full Review Brian T. Carney Washington Blade An urgent call to arms. May 19, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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F L Impactful, chilling, compelling. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review jkuyk u dating good girls wate you here http://surl.li/reqar Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Clever_User_Name chilling but eye opening Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/05/23 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 47 minutes of real footage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/01/23 Full Review robert p A real winner of Documentaries, this movie centers on LGBT trial and tribulations as a group of people try to leave Chechnya which has no tolerance for that kind of people. Thus my rating of *5* stars!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Abstract: Tremendous documentary by David France that shows us the actions of the NGO Russian LGTB Network. A strong complaint about the discriminatory, repressive and criminal policy of the Chechen government against its LGBTQ population, involving their families as repressive agents, in a country whose president, the confessed homophobe Kadyrov, has the explicit support of Putin. Extracto: Tremendo documental de David France que nos muestra el arresgado accionar de la ONG Russian LGTB Network. Una fuerte denuncia sobre la criminal política discriminatoria y represiva del gobierno checheno contra su población LGBTQ, en la que involucra a sus familias como agentes represivos, en un país cuyo presidente, el homófobo confeso Kadýrov, cuenta con el apoyo explícito de Putin. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Activists risk their lives to confront Russian leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his government-directed campaign to detain, torture and execute LGBTQ Chechens.
Director
David France
Producer
David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin
Screenwriter
David France, Tyler H. Walk
Production Co
Public Square Films, Ninety Thousand Words, BBC Storyville, Maylo Films, Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund, Palette Fund
Genre
Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 3, 2020
Runtime
1h 47m
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