Welcome to Chechnya

This is going to be a short review. I'm astounded at the bravery of the rescue organisations portrayed in the film and the terrible and dangerous odds they have to work against. And I am so sorry for the individuals shown whose lives have been ruined by unreasoning hate. I am shocked to the core at the horror of what happens in Chechnya and also in Russia as shown in the clips of queer bashing and worse that are interspersed between some of the stories.

What a terrible place to live. What evil. The film conveyed it with dispassion, the mark of a conventional documentary. There was no need for a position to be taken, the characters and events spoke for themselves. Only those of truly perverted, evil minds could support what was happening to gay men and women in Chechnya as well as in Russia.

This doesn't have to be a gay person's documentary. I would recommend anyone to watch so they are aware that wickedness takes many forms.