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.
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
Screenings
edit- 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival[1]
- 2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week[2]
- 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival[3]
- 2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation[4]
- 2007 7islands Film Festival, India[5]
- 2002 UCLA International Institute[6]
- 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[7]
- 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada[8]
References
edit- ^ Zagreb International Film Festival "ZagrebFilmFestival | film programme | Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ 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 Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Harvard University PON, "PON Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ 7islands Film Festival, http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UCLA International Institute, "UCLA International Hosts L.A. Preview Screening of Bringing Down a Dictator, UCLA International Institute". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada, http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm