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:

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

References

Reviews

The New York Times, March 30, 2002

Peace Magazine

Articles/Interviews

CNN, March 17, 2002

Bikya Masr, December 16, 2009

History Lesson: How to Oust a Dictator, Using Cellphones, April 18, 2002, The Christian Science Monitor

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