The Parallel Worlds of Kosovo

Call Number
350-1-1:570/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:570/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #570 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000570
Date of production
1995
Date
1995
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian, English
Duration
31 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
Produced in 1995, this provides a detailed analysis of how the government, education, and health care institutions in Kosovo are almost entirely segregated along ethnic lines. Analysis is presented through numerous interviews with Serbian and Albanian officials, education and health care workers, and civilians. Fehmi Agani, an ideolog of the Kosovo Albanians Radivoj Popovic, head of University.There are interviews with seven Albanians, fifth-year medical students who are meeting in the attic of someone's home in order to finish their studies; illegal Albanian medical school. Albanian professors were replaced by Serb professors from elsewhere. Selami Recica, a history teacher for 25 years, says that when the teachers of Albanian ethnicity were dismissed, they were forced to organize classes in private homes, which were turned into schools. These schools organized by Albanian teachers are ubiquitous, especially in Vranjevac, a poor suburb of Pristina. With no Serb residents, this suburb is known as the starting point of the Albanian protests and rallies. One of the many schools organized in this suburb, a Secondary school for postal workers, had to change its location 34 times in 1991. 570 students in 18 classes, which meet in three shifts. Bajram Gashi, chemistry teacher. Have no teaching supplies except a blackboard. Students must rely for studying on their notes exclusively. Marinko Bozovic, Secretary for Education and Culture, Kosovo. Private institution "Mother Teresa" providing free health care and medical supplies.

Context

Associated Names
B92 (Producer)