World News Headlines July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling 0 HBO’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ sheds agonizing light on LGBTQ genocide 0 0000 0 0 more HBO’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ sheds agonizing light on LGBTQ genocide July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found July 1, 2020 Under One Ceiling HBO’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ sheds agonizing light on LGBTQ genocide In Welcome to Chechnya, the third film from Academy Award nominee David France, viewers are asked to relinquish the comforts of abstraction. There’s no time for sweeping shots of foreign countrysides, or graphics placing the small Russian republic on a world map. Instead, it is immediately apparent that this is a very real, very dangerous place — one that viewers, no matter how ill-prepared in their understanding of its tumultuous history, must reckon with. The guerilla-style documentary begins with a man on the phone. David Isteev, the crisis response coordinator for the Russian LGBT Network, is speaking with a young woman using the alias “Anya.” Anya’s uncle has discovered his niece is a lesbian. If Anya does not agree to have sex with her uncle, she says, then he will tell her father. Isteev hangs up, promising Anya, “We are coming.” Read more… More about Hbo, Lgbtq, Documentary, Chechnya, and Movie Review Related No related posts. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Calls for UN probe of China forced birth control on Uighurs next Rayshard Brooks: Accused officer bailed despite widow's plea
