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 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
References
- Zagreb International Film Festival "ZagrebFilmFestival | film programme | Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- Swarthmore 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
- Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Harvard University PON, "PON Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- 7islands Film Festival, http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- UCLA International Institute, "UCLA International Hosts L.A. Preview Screening of Bringing Down a Dictator, UCLA International Institute". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
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External links
- A Force More Powerful Productions website
- York Zimmerman Inc. website
- Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies Serbian Case
- 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