Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

6.9/10 107 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Vladimir Putin

Self

Ramzan Kadyrov

Self

Zelim Bakaev

Self

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