WATCH DOCS 2023
SUTNJA RAZUMA (SILENCE OF REASON) AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
Watchable. Constant white noise makes it hard to focus on reading the court statements of the women who were abused by Serbian soldiers in rape camps. They're all the same: they were raped repeatedly according to age, starting from teenage girls, initially they'd be lied to they were being taken to safety.
90% of war rape survivors are stigmatised as if guilty of it, so patriarchal is the society. Testifying at the ICTY is complex, you have to prove you went through it, more than 30% of the women testified in order to change the fate of women. The first black female judge in history was judging the case.
РАДЗІМА (MOTHERLAND) AND Q&A
Watchable. Protracted but at times clearly showing that hazing in the military leads to cruelty towards civilians in Belarus. A conscript's letters from the army are the core and often hit you harder than the news of the deadly injuries suffered by the ones who got killed during compulsory service. Daily life incidents are important too. The soldier's mates play a role as well. The mothers of the dead admirably sought justice but their mourning is overlong in this documentary.
The army service in Belarus takes 1.5 years. Officer's insignia are acquired not in Belarus but in Russian military academies.
WATCH DOCS 2023 ONLINE
SCONOSCIUTI PURI (PURE UNKNOWN)
Recommended. Her dogs are adorable, her work remarkable. Cristina Cattaneo is a forensic scientist striving to identify the bodies of illegal migrants sunk in the sea, victims of human trafficking and other difficult to solve cases spanning a few countries.
ANNA NO ZALKALNIEM (LITTLE ANNA)
Recommended. The Latvian adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous book looks so Canadian you could be mistaken for the location. It's dubbed in Polish in this country so the language won't reveal it. Shot with numerous close-ups, with a perfectly selected cast, realistic yet alluring colours.
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