A Cry From The Grave

The massacre, by Serbian forces, of over 7.000 Muslim men in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica was the most horrific feature of the bloody ethnic conflict in the Balkans at the end of the 20th Century. How did the atrocity happen? How can humanity deal with such a phenomenon at the heart of Europe? What justice is possible for such a war crime? One extraordinary film stands as testament to the genocide: A Cry from The Grave. Combining the testimony of witnesses, interviews with senior investigative and judiciary figures, and previously unseen footage shot by the Serbs and Dutch peacekeeping soldiers, award-winning director Leslie Woodhead tells the story of a brutal 72 hours in the life and death of 7.000 Muslim refugees supposedly under the protection of the United Nations’ safe areas. So compelling is evidence gathered in the film, that extracts were shown at the trial of Bosnian Serb commander, General Radislav Krstic, who, alongside indicted war criminal, General Ratko Mladic, is implicated in the genocide.