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HBO documentary on Beslan
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Posted by: Cheburashka

What can I say but this is an absolutely must see!!!!! I literally wept during it. They talk to the children that were there and in their own words they relive the experience. Some of them actually walk the viewer through the dilapidated building and tell the story of what happened.

Their thoughts almost three years later...and the utter hopelessness they still feel will grab at your heart.

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/ch...n/synopsis.html

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/ch...slan/index.html

Posted by: ira156

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Originally Posted by Cheburashka

What can I say but this is an absolutely must see!!!!! I literally wept during it. They talk to the children that were there and in their own words they relive the experience. Some of them actually walk the viewer through the dilapidated building and tell the story of what happened.

Their thoughts almost three years later...and the utter hopelessness they still feel will grab at your heart.

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/ch...n/synopsis.html

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/ch...slan/index.html

Ive seen it twice now Cheb....and what is it that they call themselves...freedom fighters...the only thing in anyway positive i saw in it was the woman terrorist that went out and blew herself up out of guilt...shame ...whatever.

Posted by: Cheburashka

I think you are talking about another documentary. Maybe the one they did on Nord Ost theater in Moscow. This one had nothing to do with "freedom fighters" or anything from the Chechen perspective. It is simply kids telling what happened and how it has affected them.

They do tell an amazing story of one of the female rebels who actually felt compassion for a thirsty child and gave her some water. A man blew her up by remote for doing so. The friends of this little girl died. She was miraculously spared. Most of theme didnt even know what a terrorist was. Hearing a small girl tell in her own words about passing around a shoe filled with urine to drink so they could stay alive is a hard thing to forget.

Posted by: ira156

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Originally Posted by Cheburashka

I think you are talking about another documentary. Maybe the one they did on Nord Ost theater in Moscow. This one had nothing to do with "freedom fighters" or anything from the Chechen perspective. It is simply kids telling what happened and how it has affected them.

They do tell an amazing story of one of the female rebels who actually felt compassion for a thirsty child and gave her some water. A man blew her up by remote for doing so. The friends of this little girl died. She was miraculously spared. Most of theme didnt even know what a terrorist was. Hearing a small girl tell in her own words about passing around a shoe filled with urine to drink so they could stay alive is a hard thing to forget.

No mate the Beslan school. May be a different doco. The interview was with a mother of one of the kids that was in there ...she spoke of one of the women terrorists who left the room and blew herself up. And it was one chechen who led the others who were not Chechen. Their demand was tthe withdrawl of all Russian troops out of Chechena. The blowing up of the school took place as they were trying to get the Leader of the CHechen rebels to negotiate...or so they said. Unless there was another Belsan school i didnt know about. Cheers Mate

I will correct that Cheb....The leader at the school was Magomet Yevloyev..the Ingush Deputy of Shamil Basayev Chechen warlord who planned the seige....the rest were Chechen , Slav. Khazak, Ingush , Algerian and Arab.

Posted by: ira156

Reading your post closer i think it may have been a different doco...the one i have seen had interviews with the Kids and the mums that were in there..and even one dad who jumped from the window on to 30 odd bodies of the other men they had already shot. It also had the Doctor who actualy was allowed in to negotiate and the negotiator that got the Babies released. It was terrible as one mum told how she had to leave her daughter behind if she was to leave with the baby...the daughter died. The freedom fighters comment was a try at sarcasm...they were just a bunch of animals.