Bringing Down a Dictator
Bringing Down A Dictator is a 56-minute documentary film by Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led Otpor! movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by Martin Sheen and won the George Foster Peabody Award.[1]
Other awards include:
- ABCNews VideoSource Award --- The International Documentary Association
- Silver Chris Award --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
- Bronze Plaque: Scriptwriting --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
- Silver Plaque --- The Chicago International Television Festival
- Gold Remi --- Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
- Best Documentary --- Sedona International Film Festival
Bringing Down A Dictator was broadcast several times in the former Republic of Georgia in the fall of 2003 and was credited with helping the citizens there organize their nonviolent protest[2] against the electoral fraud linked to Eduard Shevardnadze, in what was called the Rose Revolution.[3] In a February 9, 2011 news piece on the Al-Jazeera-English channel, members of the youth leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 are seen watching Bringing Down A Dictator during an organizational meeting.[4]
Screenings
- 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival[5]
- 2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week[6]
- 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival[7]
- 2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation[8]
- 2007 7islands Film Festival, India[9]
- 2002 UCLA International Institute[10]
- 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[11]
- 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada[12]
References
- ↑ George Foster Peabody Awards Winners, 2002,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peabody_Award_winners_(2000-2009)#2002
- ↑ Tbilisi's "Revolution of Roses' Mentored by Serbian Activists, Peter Baker, Washington Post November 25, 2003, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11577-2003Nov24?language=printer
- ↑ NPR Morning Edition Story, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1524658
- ↑ Al Jazeera People and Power segment, February 9, 2011,http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/02/201128145549829916.html
- ↑ Zagreb International Film Festival http://www.zagrebfilmfestival.com/index_en.php?page=d0&iz=fpf&fid=50209&lang=en
- ↑ Swarthmore Peace Week 2010,http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=4/25/2010&todate=4/25/2010&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=5969&view=EventDetails&information_id=19372
- ↑ Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html
- ↑ Harvard University PON, http://128.103.205.167/news/2007/film_bringing_down_dictator.php
- ↑ 7islands Film Festival,http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html
- ↑ UCLA International Institute, http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=1407
- ↑ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=7908
- ↑ G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada,http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm
Reviews
The New York Times, March 30, 2002