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Welcome to Chechnya
2020 · Film · documentary · 107 min
Directed by David France
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
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...so my b.s detector is in the red on this one
Why? A 2020 documentary called Welcome to Chechnya looked at repression of LGBT Chechens and was the first documentary to use "advanced facial replacement techniques using artificial intelligence and novel visual effects technology so the viewer could see real faces displaying real emotions while still protecting the identities of the speakers" [1]
The documentary was released by HBO Films. The BBC also broadcast the documentary.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Chechnya