DEPTH TWO: An Illusion-Destroying Documentary Thriller:
A
documentary thriller about a subject that’s been shrouded in silence for
seventeen years, mass graves in the Belgrade suburbs and the
accompanying investigation into atrocities committed in Kosovo in 1999.
Director Ognjen Glavonić managed
to bring the story to life using simple yet powerful filmic elements: as
we hear statements from people involved in the crimes and their
cover-ups, and the testimony of a female survivor, we see haunting
imagery shot at the locations where various parts of the crimes were
carried out. Balkanist Magazine, August 12, 2016
The Unidentified is a feature-length documentary that
reveals who were the commanders responsible for some of the most brutal
attacks of the Kosovo war.
BIRN, 2015. See also a
panel discussion about war-crimes prosecutions . (YouTube, 45 minutes)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt,
a documentary film produced by
SENSE, examines
evidence adduced from the judicial process. The film presents the testimony of
victims and forensic experts, and the confessions of several of the massacre’s
perpetrators, side-by-side with the denials and revisionist interpretations
that seek to minimize the scale of atrocity.
2005
Srebrenica: A Cry From The Grave (WNET TV), in six parts
The Death of Yugoslavia
(Laura Silber, 2003)
Video version
(multiple segments, not necessarily in this order):
Enter Nationalism
Road to War
Wars of Independence
Gates of Hell
A Safe Area
Pax Americana
Bringing
Down a Dictator (PBS March 2002) Can also be found by
searching on YouTube
Documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October, 2000, not
by force of arms, as many had predicted, but by an ingenious nonviolent
strategy of honest elections and massive civil disobedience. Narrated by
Martin Sheen. 56 minutes.