Bringing Down a Dictator

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

Screenings

• 2010 Zagreb International Film Festival
• 2010 Swarthmore College Peace Week
• 2008 Cairo Human Rights Film Festival
• 2007 Harvard University Program on Negotiation
• 2007 7islands Film Festival, India
• 2002 UCLA International Institute
• 2002 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• 2002 G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada

References

External links

• A Force More Powerful Productions website
• York Zimmerman Inc. website
• Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies Serbian Case