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08/09/2003 | Chechnya Film Festival in Washington, Sept 15-18 |
| Foundation for Civil Liberties 152 West 57 Street, 26 Floor New York, NY 10019 For immediate release Chechnya Film Festival in Washington, Sept 15-18 Images of a genocide to set the stage for Putin-Bush talks http://www.chechnyafilmfestival.org Press-Release For four days next week, Washingtonians will have an opportunity to see horrific scenes of the war in Chechnya, in a documentary film festival organized by human rights groups. Setting the stage for President Putin's visit to Camp David later this month, the films provide striking evidence of the most massive atrocities committed in Europe since WWII. The festival will open on September 15, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum with PBS’ “Greetings from Grozny” containing dramatic footage of a “mopping-up” operation by Russian special forces in a Chechen village. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Director Paul Mitchell, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Lord Judd of the Council of Europe and Patrice Page of Medecins sans Frontieres. The festival will continue at the Visions Cinema at 1927 Florida Ave. In addition to reports from Chechnya, the six film program includes a British account of the last year siege of a Moscow theater ending in the death of 139 hostages caused by controversial Russian use a nerve gas, and a French investigation into the theory that the Russian secret service was behing the 1999 apartment block bombings in Moscow that triggered the invasion of Chechnya and propelled Vladimir Putin to power. Organized by Amnesty International, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Foundation for Civil Liberties, and the Moscow-based Sakharov Center and Memorial, the festival is part of the ongoing campaign synchronized to political developments such as the recent state visit of President Putin to U.K. Copies of the films will be send by the organizers to every US congressman and senator. After Washington, the festival will move to New York to coincide with Mr. Putin's address to the UN, and then to Moscow where it will be shown during the Kremlin-sponsored elections in Chechnya in early October. For further information see please see the festival web site at http://www.chechnyafilmfestival.org or contact Yulia Dultsina at 212-397-2974 Festival Films from: http://www.chechnyafilmfestival.org Terror in Moscow, Channel 4/Mentorn, UK. An account of the hostage crisis in a Moscow theater ending in the controversial and ultimately tragic Russian decision to use nerve gas. Chechen Lullaby, Unite Documentaires, France. Testimony of five veteran reporters frustrated by watching civilians slaughtered in a war largely ignored by the West DEADLOCK: Russia's Forgotten War, CNN/ Azimuth Media. The war as seen through the eyes of Russian soldiers and their families, the Chechen fighters and refugees. Reported by Michael Gordon of The New York Times. Greetings From Grozny, Wilton/PBS. Includes unique footage of Russian "mopping-up" operations of a Chechen village. Babitsky's War, Channel 4, UK. A story of a journalist kidnapped by the Russian secret service, who owes his release to international outcry.. Dance, Grozny, Dance, Zeppers Film&TV, The Netherlands. A dance teacher leads a Chechen children folk ensemble from the ruins of Grozny to a triumphant tour of Western Europe. Assassination of Russia,Transparences Productions, France. A controversial documentary accusing the Russian secret services of staging the terror attacks in Moscow that triggered the war and propelled Vladimir Putin to power. Murder with International Consent, POLSAT-TV, Poland. The referendum cover-up in Chechnya. Footage of the empty streets of Grozny contradicting official claims of the purported 96% turnout. Visions Cinema 1927 Florida Ave, Washington, DC Tickets: http://www.visionsdc.com/dyno/filmdetail.asp?filmID=290 Tuesday 16 Sept 6:00 pm Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War 7:00 pm Dance, Grozny, Dance 8:30 pm Assassination of Russia Wednesday 17 Sept 6:00 pm Chechen Lullaby 7:15 pm Terror in Moscow 8:15 pm Babitsky's War Thursday 18 Sept 6:00 pm Greetings from Grozny 7:15 pm Murder with International Consent 8:30 pm Terror in Moscow -- |
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