Welcome to Chechnya

Welcome to Chechnya
Welcome to Chechnya
	Official poster
Directed by	David France
Written by	David France; Tyler H. Walk;
Produced by	David France; Alice Henty; Askold Kurov; Joy A. Tomchin
Cinematography	Askold Kurov; Derek Wiesehahn;
Edited by	Tyler H. Walk
Music by	Evgueni Galperine; Sacha Galperine;
Production; companies	Public Square Films; HBO Documentary Films; Ninety Thousand Words; Maylo Films; BBC Storyville;
Distributed by	HBO Films
Release dates	January 26, 2020 (Sundance); June 30, 2020 (United States);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Russian; Chechen

Welcome to Chechnya (Russian: Добро пожаловать в Чечню, romanized: Dobro pozhalovat' v Chechnyu) is a 2020 documentary film by American reporter, author and documentarian David France.^[1] The film centers on the anti-gay purges in Chechnya of the late 2010s, filming LGBT Chechen refugees using hidden cameras as they made their way out of Russia through a network of safehouses aided by activists.^[1]

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020 and was released on June 30, 2020, by HBO Films.

^ ^a ^b Mike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.

[fleming-1] Mike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.

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