Chechnya: Films about Chechnya

During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.

With searing urgency, “Welcome to Chechnya” shadows a group of activists who risk unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic.

In the space of just a few years, Chechnya has undergone a remarkable transformation. But all this progress has come at a high price. In exchange for peace, the Kremlin has turned Chechnya over to President Kadyrov, who runs it as if it were his private fiefdom.