Bringing Down a Dictator
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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! 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
Screenings
- 2010 Zagreb International Film FestivalZagreb International Film Festival {{cite web|url=http://www.zagrebfilmfestival.com/index_en.php?page%3Dd0%26iz%3Dfpf%26fid%3D50209%26lang%3Den |title=ZagrebFilmFestival | film programme | Bringing Down a Dictator |accessdate=2010-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718150755/http://www.zagrebfilmfestival.com/index_en.php?page=d0&iz=fpf&fid=50209&lang=en |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}
- 2010 Swarthmore College Peace WeekSwarthmore Peace Week 2010, http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=4/25/2010&todate=4/25/2010&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=5969&view=EventDetails&information_id=19372
- 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film FestivalCairo Human Rights Film Festival, http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330235011/http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html |date=2010-03-30 }}
- 2007 Harvard University Program on NegotiationHarvard University PON, {{cite web|url=http://128.103.205.167/news/2007/film_bringing_down_dictator.php |title=PON Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator |accessdate=2010-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703033629/http://128.103.205.167/news/2007/film_bringing_down_dictator.php |archivedate=2011-07-03 }}
- 2007 7islands Film Festival, India7islands Film Festival, http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145903/http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html |date=2011-07-21 }}
- 2002 UCLA International InstituteUCLA International Institute, {{cite web |url=http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid%3D1407 |title=UCLA International Hosts L.A. Preview Screening of Bringing Down a Dictator, UCLA International Institute |accessdate=2010-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823000734/http://international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=1407 |archivedate=2007-08-23 }}
- 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, {{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction%3Devents.event_summary%26event_id%3D7908 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819174545/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary |archivedate=2006-08-19 }}
- 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, CanadaG6 Summit, Calgary, Canada, http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171011214247/http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/films/bdd/index.php A Force More Powerful Productions website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020207200431/http://www.yorkzim.com/about/about.html York Zimmerman Inc. website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100920040236/http://www.canvasopedia.org/legacy/content/serbian_case/otpor_campaign.htm Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies Serbian Case]
Category:Documentary films about elections
Category:2002 television films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Films about dictators
Category:Documentary films about revolutions
Category:Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
Category:Peabody Award–winning broadcasts
Category:Films directed by Steve York
Category:2002 documentary films
Category:Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević
Category:Documentary films about Serbia