HU OSA 350-1-1:110/1

SA Life: Documentary Films and Video Documents on Sarajevo [1/3]

Item

Moving Image

Bosnian (Original)

Part 1

Not Restricted

documentary film

This material was shot in Sarajevo, throughout the war, by professional filmmakers, students of Sarajevo Academy of Film and Theater, and unknown amateurs. "Their mutual desire is to present the events they witnessed," write the SaGA authors. The material was produced under extremely difficult conditions, while the city was besieged and under continuous bombardment, without electric power, food, or water. Most of the works presented in this tape are works in progress. "These are pictures of love, courage, despair, and crime," write SaGA authors. "25 Years of Ignorance (1968–1992)" by Zdravko Grebo. By Hakija Hadzafic, Bojan Mulic, Sulejman Klokoci, Bogoljub Nikolic, Miso V. Dijak and Zdravko Grebo. Produced by Zid in 1992 (8 minutes). "Eight Years After" by Ademir Kenovic and Nino Zalica. Produced in July 1992 by TVBiH & SaGA (11 minutes). "I Burned Legs (Palio sam noge)" by Srdjan Vuletic. Produced in June 1992 and March 1993. By Almir Kenovic, Ismet Bektasevic, Emir Ferizovic, Daniela Gogic, Oliver Todorovic, Ahmed Imamovic, Nino Zalica, and Srdjan Vuletic. This film deals with the attrocities of war as portrayed by a film student who spends some time working as a medic. One of the duties he performed was to carry amputated limbs to the cremation furnace. This is a film about the collective madness that engulfed Sarajevo. A one-armed boy is troubled because he can't make big, firm snowballs; a man who lost both legs demonstrates walking on his stumps... The film and the director's story help us understand the commotion and tumult that have occurred in the minds of Sarajevans (11 minutes). "Shooting at the wounded at "Socijalno" Junction. Produced by TVBiH, May 14, 1992. Recorded by Muharem Osmanagic, Sulejman Eengic, and Tomo Maric. Music video follows this segment. "A Man Called Boat (Camac)" by Pjer Zalica. Produced by SaGA in July 1992 (9 min). This documentary recounts the story of a young man who deserts the special unit of the JNA and walks the distance from Belgrade to Sarajevo hoping to join the resistance to the aggression of the very army he left and in whose fold he spent five years of his youth. He is apprehended with the threat of being killed. With the help of a friend, "Boat," he escapes the military prison where he was held in captivity. On his way to Sarajevo he crosses a river on the Bosnian border, makes an incredible journey through the occupied territories before finally accomplishing his goal: coming to Sarajevo and joining the resistance. "Fasizam 1992 - Fascism in 1992" by Nedim Loncarevic, produced by TV BiH in September 1992. This film compares Serb aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina with Nazi crimes during WWII through a plethora of both contemporary and historic images of destruction and crimes against humanity, which feature background music, but no narration. "Poljubac Smrti, BiH 1992 (Kiss of Death, BiH 1992)": video clip features Bosnia's many political, military, and religious leaders shaking hands and kissing over a pop song about the first and the only true love. "Water and Blood Sarajevo 1993," produced by SaGA in January 1993. "Message for my Friends (Mojim prijateljima)" by Zlatko Lavanic. Produced in February 1993 by SaGA. This short film is a kind of "personal message" from director Zlatko Lavanic to his friends who left Sarajevo. This film, recorded in five shots, shows in subtle way the state of mind of a person from Sarajevo, the destroyed city.