Welcome to Chechnya is about the anti-LGBTQI policies and persecutions currently in force in the Russian Republic of Chechnya. Director David France's very courageous investigation (How to Survive a Plague, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson) collects direct testimonies from LGBTQI activists who run into unimaginable dangers to save victims from a targeted campaign of torture and brutality.
Biography
film director
David France
David France is a director, writer and journalist. The award-winning directorial debut, How to Survive a Plague, also received - among others - an Oscar and Emmy Award nomination. His feature film The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) garnered numerous accolades, including the Outfest Freedom Award and a Special Jury Mention at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. His journalistic investigations have inspired several films.
Cast
& Credits
Montaggio/Editing Tyler H. Walk
Fotografia/Photography Askold Kurov
Scenografia/Production Design
Suono/Sound Ramsay Davila, Brian Fish, Katya Kumkova
Musica/Music Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Produttore/Producer Alice Henty
Produttore Associato/Associate Producer Katya Kumkova, Dan Silver