Welcome to Chechnya

2020

Action / Documentary

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 74 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 3348 3.3K

lgbt gay gay theme gay rights

Plot summary

This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.

Director

David France Photo
David France

Top cast

Vladimir Putin Photo
Vladimir Putin as Self
Olga Baranova Photo
Olga Baranova as Self - Director, Moscow Community Center for LGBT+ Initiatives
David Isteev Photo
David Isteev as Self - Crisis Response Coordinator, The Russian LGBT Network
Ramzan Kadyrov Photo
Ramzan Kadyrov as Self
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986.66 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 1
1.98 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by russell-415-618666 9 / 10

More inspiring than disheartening

I've read a bit about Chechnya and the brutality of its regime and recall the stories of its brutal crackdown against LGBT people {stories which rarely make the news now) so I was expecting this doco to be a hard slog. The makers were deft at taking us on the underground railway of the network which saves gay and lesbian people by sneaking them out of Chechnya. We see the best qualities of humanity in the folk who risk so much to help others from being persecuted for being who they are. I was worried there'd be too many descriptions of torture and bashings etc. but they were just enough to give a sense of the horrors being committed. It was disheartening to hear how the people doing good are finding it harder to get asylum for the threatened. It's ad if the world is turning a blind eye. The film presents a forceful argument that persecution of a group in society is an ever present threat when leaders have impunity to express their dictatorial side: looking at you Putin and Trump.
Reviewed by atractiveeyes 10 / 10

Heart Wrenching And Important

This is such a beautiful, IMPORTANT, and heartbreaking documentary. Please everyone go see this doc to know what LGBTQ+ people are still going through in the 21st century. And this isn't the case only in Chechnya/Russia, it's similar in many other countries. The violence, abuse, discrimination, and crimes against gay people needs to stop, enough is enough. Although movies like Welcome to Chechnya are so sad and hard to see, I love seeing and recommending them because they reflect the bitter reality, awareness should be spread. Finally, sending love and respect to each and every LGBTQ+ individual/activist in the world.
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