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War for Peace – first part

Rat za mir – prvi dio / War for Peace – first part

The TV documentary War for Peace highlights the chain of events that lead to the 1991 siege of Dubrovnik and explores the internal dynamics of the entire process. It presents this military campaign as a segment of a larger story about expansionist nationalism, and war for territories and ideologies in the former SFR Yugoslavia. It also compares past and present views of participants in the process (politicians, army commanders, soldiers, journalists), as well as various observers such as political analysts, historians, and ordinary people. This film offers a comprehensive analysis of the entire campaign and is based on archival material (both video and audio) and on a number of interviews with individuals! that participated in the events.

Source: 7th Balkan Black Box Festival Berlin 2005; http://www.balkanblackbox.de/bbb2005

Serbia and Montenegro 2004
98 min, colour+b/w


DIRECTOR
Koča Pavlović

SCREENPLAY
Koča Pavlović

CAMERA
B. Kavić
N. Brajović
V. Vučinić

EDITOR
Đuro Mihaljević

PRODUCER
Koča Pavlović

PRODUCTION
Independent Production Group „Obala“, Podgorica

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