Bringing Down a Dictator

Bringing Down A Dictator is a 56-minute documentary film by Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led Otpor! movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by Martin Sheen and won the George Foster Peabody Award.

Other awards include:

  • ABCNews VideoSource Award --- The International Documentary Association
  • Silver Chris Award --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
  • Bronze Plaque: Scriptwriting --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
  • Silver Plaque --- The Chicago International Television Festival
  • Gold Remi --- Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
  • Best Documentary --- Sedona International Film Festival

Bringing Down A Dictator was broadcast several times in the former Republic of Georgia in the fall of 2003 and was credited with helping the citizens there organize their nonviolent protest[1] against the electoral fraud linked to Eduard Shevardnadze, in what was called the Rose Revolution.[2] In a February 9, 2011 news piece on the Al-Jazeera-English channel, members of the youth leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 are seen watching Bringing Down A Dictator during an organizational meeting.[3]

Screenings
  • 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival[4]
  • 2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week[5]
  • 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival[6]
  • 2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation[7]
  • 2007 7islands Film Festival, India[8]
  • 2002 UCLA International Institute[9]
  • 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[10]
  • 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada[11]
gollark: > Look m8 all I want to be is happyIf you think you will be better off without technology, you can go return to monke yourself and whatnot. Enjoy.
gollark: I think this is broadly missing the point. You're bringing up one apparently bad result of technological progress and ignoring all the really good but less obvious (because they faded into the background) things.
gollark: Strugglig to survive is not *actually* very nice and something I would like to do?
gollark: Generally lower mental health is considered worse. Consider the analogy to health.
gollark: Mental health is lower...?

References
  1. Tbilisi's "Revolution of Roses' Mentored by Serbian Activists, Peter Baker, Washington Post November 25, 2003, https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11577-2003Nov24?language=printer
  2. NPR Morning Edition Story, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1524658
  3. Al Jazeera People and Power segment, February 9, 2011,http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/02/201128145549829916.html
  4. Zagreb International Film Festival "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Swarthmore Peace Week 2010,http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=4/25/2010&todate=4/25/2010&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=5969&view=EventDetails&information_id=19372
  6. Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Harvard University PON, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. 7islands Film Festival,http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. UCLA International Institute, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada,http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm

Reviews

The New York Times, March 30, 2002

Peace Magazine

Articles/Interviews

CNN, March 17, 2002

Bikya Masr, December 16, 2009

History Lesson: How to Oust a Dictator, Using Cellphones, April 18, 2002, The Christian Science Monitor

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