Zdroj (2005)

Directed by

Martin Mareček

Genre

documentary film

Country

Czech Republic

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film looks at human rights abuses in Azerbaijan during the building of a major oil pipeline. It shows landowners losing their property and activists being arrested for speaking out against the government.

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What happens

Zdroj (Source) is a 2005 Czech documentary directed by Martin Mareček and written by Martin Mareček and Martin Skalský. The film explores the civil rights abuses by the Ilham Aliyev regime of Azerbaijan during the construction of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline, such as eminent domain violations in appropriating land for the pipeline's route, and criticism of the government leading to arrest. Zdroj won the Audience Award for the best film, the Special Jury Award and twenty international awards at the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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