In Popular Culture
A documentary by the BBC's Horizon in 2004 investigated the gas that was pumped into the theater.
In 2003, HBO broadcast Terror In Moscow, a documentary directed by Dan Reed. Interviews with hostages and footage taken inside and outside of the theater during the crisis are shown in the documentary.
In September 2006, In Your Hands, a play based on the events of the Moscow theatre siege, written by Natalia Pelevine, opened in London at the New End Theatre. In April 2008 Pelevine said that Russian authorities have banned the play following its Russian debut in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan near Chechnya. Another play, We Declare You a Terrorist by Tim J. Lord, about the incident premiered at the 2009 Summer Play Festival
The crisis was also featured as a 45-minute episode of Situation Critical (a National Geographic Channel docudrama television series), which contained actual video footage from the crisis along with a reenactment.
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