Synopsis
The film gives a brief take on Kosovo's history, starting from the Battle of Kosovo, up to the current UN administration, which exists as of 1999 when NATO bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days to halt a crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatism in its province of Kosovo. It includes commentary on the rights that Kosovo Albanians had during socialist Yugoslavia and parallels between the Kosovo Liberation Army and the separatist Front de libération du Québec by retired Candian Major General Lewis Mackenzie. In the years following the war, many Serbs were expelled from their homes, kidnapped and killed, while a large number of their houses, cultural and religious sites were burned and destroyed, which is commented by former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria James Byron Bissett. After that, economist Michel Chossudovsky discusses an alleged link between Kosovo's military and political leadership and organized crime.
The film presents most of the Kosovo Serbs as internally displaced, some of them living in enclaves, in small camps in Kosovo, in ghettos. The director emphasizes his surprise at finding "people living in ghettos in the 21st century in Europe just because some people (Serbs, Roma, others) do not belong to the majority ethnic group (Albanians)." The film follows the stories of several Serb victims.
On December 11, 2009, the film had its broadcast premiere on Russia Today.
Director Boris Malagurski stated the following regarding the film:
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In an age where human rights are taken for granted in the Western world, Kosovo Serbs are battling for the most basic human rights. I hope that his film will encourage people to ask questions and do independent research on what’s going on in Kosovo, as well as try to change things for the better and help those who are helpless. |
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Read more about this topic: Kosovo: Can You Imagine?