Ahead of its Sundance debut, HBO Films has picked up the North American television and streaming rights to feature doc 'Welcome to Chechnya'
Ahead of its Sundance debut, HBO Films has picked up the North American television and streaming rights to feature docOscar-nominated director David France is behind the feature that shadows a group of brave activists risking their lives to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ persecution in the repressive and closed Russian republic of Chechnya.
In the present-day Russian republic of Chechnya, gay and transgender citizens are targeted as part of a deadly “cleansing” campaign. This revealing film chronicles a group of LGBTQ activists as they work undercover and at great personal danger to rescue the victims of this aggression.
Alice Henty, Joy A. Tomchin, Askold Kurov and David France produced the movie. The deal was negotiated by Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers.
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