"Grozny Blues" - Documentary, Switzerland 2015, 104 min., Russian-Chechen
"Grozny Blues" - Documentary, Switzerland 2015, 104 min., Russian-Chechen details and press reviews: http://antipode-sales.biz/ movies/grozny-blues "The images of war seem forgotten – Chechnya has vanished long ago from the headlines of the Western press. The traces of the years of military conflict with Russia have all but disappeared in the capital of Grozny, which boasts new promenades, modern high-rises and blinding street lights. The surface is shiny, but pain is still rooted deep in the people’s souls. A country that’s about to forget its past and that’s full of monuments to its President Kadyrov and, next to him, Vladimir Putin. Four women who have fought for human rights for years are trying to preserve the collective memories. They have been collecting stories on video ever since the war began in the 1990s, documenting the horrors of war and its consequences which nobody in official Chechnya wants to see. The film ingeniously juxtaposes images from thei...