General information

Call No.:

350-1-1:85/5

Part of series

HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive

Located at

VHS PAL #85 / No. 5

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00000085

Original Title

Die Herausforderung

Date of air

1992-12-15

Date

1992

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

German

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Report discusses upcoming elections in Serbia (1993). The focus is on the Serbian opposition, in particular on Vuk Draskovic, leader of DEPOS (coalition of Serbian opposition parties), and his election campaign in Southern Serbia. The report shows the broad support Draskovic has throughout Serbia, even though a protest by Milosevic supporters is staged at the Grdelica [village] meeting. Several interviews are conducted with supporters of Draskovic. Dragan Stojanovic, a farmer in the impoverished Dadince village, claims that Milosevic made numerous promises which were not fulfilled. He states that life in Dadince has always been hard, but that it has gotten worse in the post-Tito era. Stojanovic talks about the Milosevic propaganda system responsible for the spreading of rumors that Draskovic is a thief. He gives an account of how teachers are distributing posters to their students in support of Milosevic which they are to hold up during a rally. He also talks about how the information blockade and the Tito-era has made people very skeptic towards politicians. The report then talks about life in Bosiljegrad, a town with a large Bulgarian minority, where unemployment is very high, and people are generally afraid of Milosevic. An unidentified man states that there is no future for young people, even those that are educated. Another unidentified man states that the war is eating up all the money and wrecking the economy. He further says that there are generally no incentives for investment and a feeling of general hopelessness presides over the future. Vuk Draskovic is briefly interviewed towards the end of the report. He talks about his expectations for the new year, hoping it will bring about prosperity and a dialogue between Yugoslavia's former republics. Footage of Draskovic support among the people is presented, as well as of Draskovic lighting candles in the Grdelica church and having a snowball fight. There is also footage of impoverished village life in Dadince.

Context

Associated Names

ORF (Copyright holder, Producer)