Power and Powerless

Call Number
350-1-1:225/4

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:225/4
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #225 / No. 4
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000225
Original Title
Macht und Ohnmacht
Date of production
1992
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
This report focuses on Kosovo, one of the poorest regions of Europe, and its ethnic Albanian majority population. Interviews are held with Zivorad Igic, Serbian Governor of Kosovo, and Ibrahim Rugova, President of LDK for ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, detailing the political tension between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. The report focuses on the suppression of the ethnic Albanian majority by the Serbian state through the use of force. A section in the report shows Serbian Police attacking Albanian demonstrators. The Serbian regime's shutting-down of the Albanian language school system in Kosova is also explored, including interviews with students. The closing down of other state civilian institutions such as hospitals is also focused on. Other footage included: street life in Kosova; Albanian students receiving instruction in private homes; ethnic Albanian writers meeting in Pristina; and ethnic Albanian neighborhoods in Kosovo. Other interviews included: Dr. Sali Haxhiu, gynecologist; Agron Dida, LDK Delegate to the ethnic Albanian "shadow parliament" in Kosovo; and various Albanian civilians.

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)