Bringing Down A Dictator is a 56-minute documentary film by Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led Otpor! movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by Martin Sheen and won the George Foster Peabody Award.
Other awards include:
- ABCNews VideoSource Award --- The International Documentary Association
- Silver Chris Award --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
- Bronze Plaque: Scriptwriting --- Columbus International Film and Video Festival
- Silver Plaque --- The Chicago International Television Festival
- Gold Remi --- Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
- Best Documentary --- Sedona International Film Festival
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[1] against the electoral fraud linked to Eduard Shevardnadze, in what was called the Rose Revolution.[2] 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.[3]
Screenings
- 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival[4]
- 2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week[5]
- 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival[6]
- 2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation[7]
- 2007 7islands Film Festival, India[8]
- 2002 UCLA International Institute[9]
- 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[10]
- 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada[11]