Children of Beslan (Ewart, Woodhead)

Director: Ewa Ewart, Leslie Woodhead
Stars: n/a
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA | UK

On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia. For three days, more than a thousand children and adults were held hostage in a sweltering gymnasium, denied food and water, and forced to keep their hands over their heads. The harrowing siege ended on September 3 with a series of explosions and a hail of gunfire that killed some 350 people – half of them children. In this film, the youngest survivors of Beslan tell their story.

 

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