A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of the War

199652 min 36 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Brenda Longfellow

Production: Brenda LongfellowKenneth HirschJanis LundmanDon Haig

Script: Brenda Longfellow

Produced by Gerda Film Productions Inc. in association with the NFB with the participation of Vision TV, the Knowledge Network and Saskatchewan Communications Network.

As the civilian resistance continues to grow within Serbia to Milosevic's oppressive regime, this film explores the vital role women have played in opposing militarism and nationalism throughout the entire region. From Belgrade to Zagreb and Sarajevo, women courageously continue to advocate democracy and pluralism in the face of intolerance and violent nationalism. Together they form a region-wide network whose aim, in one woman's words, is "to transform a war culture into a peace culture." On locations ranging from Belgrade's Kalemagden Fortress to Camp Rakita on the outskirts of Zagreb, A Balkan Journey reveals a little-known aspect of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, paying tribute to the women who have been on the frontlines of the democratic opposition.

Subject categories

  • War, Conflict and Peace > Bosnia, Croatia and SerbiaWomen
  • Foreign Countries > Eastern Europe and Balkans
  • Women > Social Action

Credits

director
Brenda Longfellow
writer
Brenda Longfellow
producer
Brenda Longfellow
Kenneth Hirsch
executive producer
Janis Lundman
Don Haig
director of photography
Zoe Dirse
sound
Justine Pimlott
editing
Jack Morbin
sound editing
Russell Walker
re-recording mixer
Jean Paul Vialard
music
Philippe Lapointe
Marjan Mozetich