Bringing Down a Dictator (2002)

56m
Running Time

March 31, 2002
Release Date

Bringing Down a Dictator (2002)

56m
Running Time

March 31, 2002
Release Date

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Plot.

A student group called Otpor! ("Resistance!" in Serbian) forms part of the nonviolent opposition movement that toppled the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.

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Release Date
March 31, 2002

Status
Released

Running Time
56m

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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 FestivalBringing 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 against the electoral fraud linked to Eduard Shevardnadze, in what was called the Rose Revolution. 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.

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