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Welcome to Chechnya( 2020)

TV-MADocumentary
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Inside the Russian Republic's deadly war on gays

Overview

This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Maxim Lapunov

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      Olga Baranova

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      David Isteev

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      Vladimir Putin

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      Ramzan Kadyrov

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      Zelim Bakaev

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Sep 05 2024
    At times this is quite an harrowing documentary to watch as the intimate style of photography illustrates well the persecution of homosexuality in the breakaway eponymous Russian Republic. With President Putin's administration in Moscow denying any systematic abuse of these people, it's left to the local bully-boy governor Ramzan Kadyrov to deny that there are any gay folks in Chechnya and if there are, then they are diluting the pure bloodlines and out to get out. The methods to which the thugs will go to attack their quarry are quite inventive. They use social media to find a victim then use ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • lgbt
    • gay theme
    • gay rights