''Bringing Down A Dictator'' is a 56-minute documentary film by
Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader
Slobodan Milosevic. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led
Otpor!
Otpor ( sr-Cyrl, Отпор!, en, Resistance!, stylized as Otpor!) was a political organization in Serbia (then part of FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 until 2004.
In its initial period from 1998 to 2000, Otpor began as a civic protest group, eventua ...
movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by
Martin Sheen and won the
George Foster Peabody Award.
Other awards include:
*ABCNews VideoSource Award --- The International Documentary Association
*Silver Chris Award ---
Columbus International Film and Video Festival
*Bronze Plaque: Scriptwriting ---
Columbus International Film and Video Festival
*Silver Plaque --- The Chicago International Television Festival
*Gold Remi --- Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
*Best Documentary ---
Sedona International Film Festival
''Bringing Down A Dictator'' was broadcast several times in the former Republic of Georgia in the fall of 2003 and was credited with helping the citizens there organize their nonviolent protest against the electoral fraud linked to
Eduard Shevardnadze, in what was called the
Rose Revolution. In a February 9, 2011 news piece on the Al-Jazeera-English channel, members of the youth leaders of the
Egyptian Revolution of 2011
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
are seen watching ''Bringing Down A Dictator'' during an organizational meeting.
Screenings
* 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival
*2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week
*2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival
*2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation
*2007 7islands Film Festival, India
*2002 UCLA International Institute
*2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
*2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada
[G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada,http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm]
References
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External links
A Force More Powerful Productions website
Documentary films about elections
2002 television films
2002 films
American documentary films
Films about dictators
Films set in Serbia
Documentary films about revolutions
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
Peabody Award-winning broadcasts
Films directed by Steve York
2002 documentary films
Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević
Documentary films about Serbia
2000s Serbian-language films
2000s American films