Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

Directed by

David France

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows LGBT Chechen refugees escaping anti-gay purges. Using hidden cameras, it shows their perilous journey through a network of safehouses and activists.

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What happens

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. 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. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020 and was released on June 30, 2020, by HBO Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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