Grozny Blues (2015)

Directed by

Nicola Bellucci

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows several women human rights activists in Grozny, Chechnya, who are growing disillusioned under political repression and forced Islamification. It also shows young people who gather at a local Blues Club and try to understand their country's strange situation after the wars of the 1990s. The film connects personal stories to the larger political reality of a society stuck between war and peace, repression and freedom.

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