A Cry from the Grave or Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave is a 1999 British documentary film about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The film was directed and produced by Leslie Woodhead.
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| Directed by | Leslie Woodhead |
| Written by | Leslie Woodhead |
| Produced by | Leslie Woodhead |
| Narrated by | Leslie Woodhead (UK) Bill Moyers (US) |
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| Distributed by | BBC Worldwide |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English Serbo-Croat |
Using testimony of survivors and relatives the documentary tells the story of the massacre of over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys by the Bosnian Serb Army.[1] The documentary was used in the war crimes trial at The Hague.[1]
Awards
The documentary won the Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary at the 12th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in December 1999.[2][3] At the 13th Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming in January 2000 the documentary won the silver FIPA award in the Documentary and Essay category.[4][5] The documentary won the Mayor of Prague award at the second One World Film Festival in Prague in April 2000.[6][7]
In June 2000 the documentary won the Air Canada Grand Prize and the Best History or Biography Programme award at the 21st Banff Television Festival.[8][9] In September 2000 the documentary won the Information category award at the fifth Gouden Beelden.[10] It won first prize in the International Television category at the 33rd Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2001.[11] The documentary was nominated for the Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story - Programs award at the 22nd News & Documentary Emmy Award in September 2001.[12]
Broadcast
The documentary was broadcast on BBC Two in the UK on 27 November 1999 as part of the Storyville series.[13] In the Netherlands, the documentary was broadcast on Ned 3 on 6 December 1999.[14] In the US, the documentary was broadcast on PBS on 17 January 2000 and narrated by Bill Moyers.[15][16]
The broadcast of the documentary on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) in the summer of 2001, on the sixth anniversary of the massacre, resulted in a storm of protests, including opposition politicians calling for the dismissal of senior RTS staff.[17][18]
