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Welcome to Chechnya

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A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
Director
David France
Year
2020
Genre
documentary
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Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 26 wins & 17 nominations total

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(cameraman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
(cameraman speaking)
(cameraman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(cameraman speaking)
(arguing) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(arguing)
(cameraman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:13
(cameraman speaking)
Imagine in the 21st century... - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
Imagine in the 21st century...
In a supposedly secular country, you have cases where people are killed - Welcome to Chechnya 00:08
In a supposedly secular country, you have cases where people...
Where the families of these people - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
Where the families of these people
Chechnya is a largely Muslim state. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
Chechnya is a largely Muslim state.
In the winter of 2017, there was a drug raid. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
In the winter of 2017, there was a drug raid.
-(door rattling) -(yelling) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:20
-(door rattling) -(yelling)
They tortured him, forcing him to turn in others. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
They tortured him, forcing him to turn in others.
It was a chain reaction. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
It was a chain reaction.
Later, they were given to their relatives, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
Later, they were given to their relatives,
My phone number went from person to person. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
My phone number went from person to person.
We decided to set up a secret shelter in Moscow. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
We decided to set up a secret shelter in Moscow.
(traffic noise) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:08
(traffic noise)
In two weeks, we got 15 people out of the Chechen Republic. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
In two weeks, we got 15 people out of the Chechen Republic.
Hey, Olga, how are you? - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
Hey, Olga, how are you?
(beep) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(beep)
Hey, yes all is well. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
Hey, yes all is well.
(coughs) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(coughs)
Olga, bad news. His visa was denied again. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
Olga, bad news. His visa was denied again.
(beep) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(beep)
(traffic noise) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(traffic noise)
(water running) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(water running)
-(Baranova speaking) -(Akhmad speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:13
-(Baranova speaking) -(Akhmad speaking)
When it all started, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
When it all started,
(Baranova speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(Baranova speaking)
We had to hide them because they were being hunted. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
We had to hide them because they were being hunted.
Now we are about to do emergency placement, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:09
Now we are about to do emergency placement,
-I'll be here? -Yes, we are in the same room. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
-I'll be here? -Yes, we are in the same room.
(door shuts) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(door shuts)
(laughs) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(laughs)
(woman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(woman speaking)
-(subject speaking) -(man speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
-(subject speaking) -(man speaking)
-(woman speaking) -(subject speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
-(woman speaking) -(subject speaking)
(man speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(man speaking)
(interviewer speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(interviewer speaking)
Well, it started in February. I met this guy online, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:09
Well, it started in February. I met this guy online,
I entered his studio apartment. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
I entered his studio apartment.
They said if I don't want to be tortured - Welcome to Chechnya 00:08
They said if I don't want to be tortured
They would tie wires to these fingers - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
They would tie wires to these fingers
And once we recovered, they started again with electric shock and batons. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
And once we recovered, they started again with electric shoc...
They put a rat on someone's back and a pot over it. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
They put a rat on someone's back and a pot over it.
I heard someone died that way. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
I heard someone died that way.
Some couldn't bear the torture. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
Some couldn't bear the torture.
They said that this can't go on, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
They said that this can't go on,
Reporter 1: Chechnya is controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:40
Reporter 1: Chechnya is controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov,
We will never forget the very tough times our people went through, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:10
We will never forget the very tough times our people went th...
(applause, cheering) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(applause, cheering)
Reporter: A group of LGBT activists - Welcome to Chechnya 00:22
Reporter: A group of LGBT activists
(Baranova speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(Baranova speaking)
(cameraman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:12
(cameraman speaking)
-(crowd yelling, cheering) -(objects breaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
-(crowd yelling, cheering) -(objects breaking)
(yelling) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:18
(yelling)
And hello. Now Putin and Kadyrov. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
And hello. Now Putin and Kadyrov.
(Baranova speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(Baranova speaking)
The point is, a group of people is identified for extermination. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
The point is, a group of people is identified for exterminat...
(whoosh) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:10
(whoosh)
Is Putin responsible for what's happening in Chechnya? - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
Is Putin responsible for what's happening in Chechnya?
But is he responsible for what's going on in his country? Yes. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
But is he responsible for what's going on in his countr...
He doesn't mess with Kadyrov because Kadyrov does his bidding. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
He doesn't mess with Kadyrov because Kadyrov does his b...
(dogs barking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
(dogs barking)
(woman 2 speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:12
(woman 2 speaking)
She told me not to open it. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
She told me not to open it.
-Of course you shouldn't. -I would have opened it. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
-Of course you shouldn't. -I would have opened it.
-(woman 2 speaking) -(woman 1 speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:09
-(woman 2 speaking) -(woman 1 speaking)
(Grisha speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:12
(Grisha speaking)
There could be some dude on my train, who gets off at my stop. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
There could be some dude on my train, who gets off at my sto...
The door closes and you disappear like you were never in Russia. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
The door closes and you disappear like you were never in Rus...
(lighter clicking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:13
(lighter clicking)
And I went to Chechnya for my job with the All-Russian Honey Fair. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
And I went to Chechnya for my job with the All-Russian Honey...
The people were great - Welcome to Chechnya 00:09
The people were great
And so, when the gay persecution began, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:12
And so, when the gay persecution began,
Could treat people so violently... with such cruelty. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:08
Could treat people so violently... with such cruelty.
Gay people who never did anything to them. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
Gay people who never did anything to them.
Being abducted and tortured changes you. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
Being abducted and tortured changes you.
That period of time broke me really hard. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:08
That period of time broke me really hard.
When I was leaving Chechnya, I could barely crawl. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
When I was leaving Chechnya, I could barely crawl.
What got me through it was thinking of my boyfriend. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:04
What got me through it was thinking of my boyfriend.
We haven't seen each other for a year, - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
We haven't seen each other for a year,
(playing light melody) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(playing light melody)
It's hard to leave everything behind. - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
It's hard to leave everything behind.
He was supposed to get another degree, but dropped out - Welcome to Chechnya 00:07
He was supposed to get another degree, but dropped out
(woman speaking) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(woman speaking)
(announcement continues) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(announcement continues)
(muttering) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(muttering)
(laughing) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:06
(laughing)
(sniffle, sighs) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(sniffle, sighs)
(exhales) - Welcome to Chechnya 00:05
(exhales)
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A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.

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Director: David France
Writer: David France, Tyler H. Walk
Production: N/A
Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
MetaScore: 86/100
ImdbRating: 7.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 30 Jun 2020
Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 26 wins & 17 nominations total
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