''Bringing Down A Dictator'' is a 56-minute documentary film by Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader

Slobodan Milosevic Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović w ...

. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led

Otpor! Otpor ( sr-Cyrl, Отпор!, en, Resistance!, stylized as Otpor!) was a political organization in Serbia (then part of FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 until 2004. In its initial period from 1998 to 2000, Otpor began as a civic protest group, eventual ...

movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by

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and won the

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. Other awards include: *ABCNews VideoSource Award --- The International Documentary Association *Silver Chris Award ---

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*Bronze Plaque: Scriptwriting ---

*Silver Plaque --- The Chicago International Television Festival *Gold Remi --- Worldfest Houston International Film Festival *Best Documentary ---

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''Bringing 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 Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia fo ...

, in what was called the

Rose Revolution The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the ...

. 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.

Screenings

* 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival *2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week *2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival *2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation *2007 7islands Film Festival, India *2002 UCLA International Institute *2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars *2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, CanadaG6 Summit, Calgary, Canada,http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm

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External links

A Force More Powerful Productions website
Documentary films about elections 2002 television films 2002 films American documentary films Films about dictators Films set in Serbia Documentary films about revolutions Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević Peabody Award-winning broadcasts Films directed by Steve York 2002 documentary films Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević Documentary films about Serbia 2000s Serbian-language films 2000s American films