2020 documentary about the anti-LGBT purges in Chechnya
Welcome to Chechnya
Official poster
Directed by
David France
Written by
David France
Tyler H. Walk
Produced by
David France Alice Henty Askold Kurov Joy A. Tomchin
Cinematography
Askold Kurov
Derek Wiesehahn
Edited by
Tyler H. Walk
Music by
Evgueni Galperine
Sacha Galperine
Production companies
Public Square Films
HBO Documentary Films
Ninety Thousand Words
Maylo Films
BBC Storyville
Distributed by
HBO Films
Release dates
January 26, 2020 (2020-01-26) (Sundance)
June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
English Russian Chechen
Welcome to Chechnya (Russian: Добро пожаловать в Чечню, romanized: Dobro pozhalovat' v Chechnyu) is a 2020 documentary film by American reporter, author and documentarian David France.[1] The film centers on the anti-gay purges in Chechnya of the late 2010s, filming LGBT Chechen refugees using hidden cameras as they made their way out of Russia through a network of safehouses aided by activists.[1]
It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020 and was released on June 30, 2020, by HBO Films.
^ abMike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.
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