The Valley
UK, 1999, video, color, 70 min.
Shot in the Drenica Valley of central Kosovo, British director Dan Reed’s piercing documentary explores unspeakable horror, both suffered and perpetrated, in a land where each side calls the other invader. Harrowingly graphic and light years from Peter Jennings, The Valley captures images impossible to forget: Albanian villagers digging rows of graves, wailing Serbs carrying coffins, the prayers of Orthodox nuns mingling with gunfire. Brutal and profoundly affecting.
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Primetime in the Camps (Le vingt heures dans les camps)
Directed by Chris Marker.
France, 1993, video, color, 27 min.
French with English subtitles.
In the Raska refugee camps near Ljubljana, Slovenia, a group of young Bosnians present a nightly television news magazine. While unable to broadcast outside of the camp boundaries, the refugees combine their various talents to produce a newscast encompassing world and camp news, complete with anchorpersons and theme music. On July 13, 1993, legendary filmmaker Chris Marker (Sans Soleil, La Jetée) spent a day in the camp while the newscast was prepared and broadcast. Marker documented that process as well as the personal stories of these resilient young people.
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