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Welcome to Chechnya

Summary Searing urgency is a guiding force as Welcome to Chechnya shadows a group of activists who risk unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Since 2016, Chechnya’s tyrannical leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has waged a depraved operation to “cleanse the blood” of LGBTQ+ Chech...

Directed By: David France

Written By: Tyler H. Walk

Welcome to Chechnya
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings
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Summary Searing urgency is a guiding force as Welcome to Chechnya shadows a group of activists who risk unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Since 2016, Chechnya’s tyrannical leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has waged a depraved operation to “cleanse the blood” of LGBTQ+ Chech...

Directed By: David France

Written By: Tyler H. Walk

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Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings
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84% Positive
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16% Negative
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Production Company Public Square Films, HBO Documentary Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Maylo Films, BBC Storyville, Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund, Palette Fund
Release Date Jun 30, 2020
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating TV-MA
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations