COCA – THE DOVE FROM CHECHNYA (IFFI 14)
Eric Bergkraut
For years Zainap Gashaeva has been documenting what is a daily occurrence in her home country of Chechnya: abduction, torture and murder. What President Putin deems „anti-terrorist action“ looks increasingly like genocide. The world stays silent, be it out of helplessness, ignorance or opportunism. Filmmaker Bergkraut follows Gashaeva, nicknamed Coca - the dove - as she fights for an international tribunal. Is she tilting at windmills?
Schweiz 2005; Regie und Buch: Eric Bergkraut; Kamera: Laurent Stoop; Schnitt: Mireille Abramovici; Mitwirkende: Sainap Gaschaiewa, Lipkhan Basaiewa, Anna Politkowskaja, Tamara Rovkova u.a.; (35mm – von Video übertragen; Farbe; 86min; deutsch-englisch-russisch-tschetschenische ORIGINALFASSUNG MIT DEUTSCHEN UNTERTITELN).
