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Welcome to Chechnya

20206.9 / 10107 min

Documentary

Overview

Inside the Russian Republic's deadly war on gays

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

Maxim Lapunov

Self

Olga Baranova

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David Isteev

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Vladimir Putin

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Ramzan Kadyrov

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Zelim Bakaev

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Crew

Megaera Stephens

First Assistant Camera

Brooke Lyndon-Stanford

Visual Effects Supervisor

David France

Director

Alice Henty

Producer

David France

Producer

Askold Kurov

Producer

Joy A. Tomchin

Executive Producer

Tyler H. Walk

Editor

Askold Kurov

Director of Photography

Igor Myakotin

Co-Producer

Evgueni Galperine

Original Music Composer

Sacha Galperine

Original Music Composer

David France

Screenplay

Tyler H. Walk

Screenplay

Tyler H. Walk

Co-Producer

Derek Wiesehahn

Director of Photography

Neal Baer

Executive Producer

Kevin Jennings

Executive Producer

Masha Gessen

Executive Producer

Jonathan Logan

Executive Producer

Jess Search

Executive Producer

Lekha Singh

Executive Producer

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Executive Producer

Alan Getz

Executive Producer

Justin Mikita

Executive Producer

Stan Tomchin

Executive Producer

Katya Kumkova

Associate Producer

Suzana Peric

Music Editor

Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ryan Laney

Visual Effects Supervisor

Igor Myakotin

Assistant Editor

Victor Ilyukhin

Assistant Editor

Lora Hirschberg

Supervising Sound Editor