Slamdance Film Festival 2010

View from the Bridge - the first documentary feature about post-war Kosovo. Confused with earlier Balkan conflicts and overshadowed by Afghanistan and Iraq, Kosovo’s story may hold the most compelling lessons of all. The bridge in the town of Mitrovica has become a flashpoint in the continuing conflict between Muslims, Christians and Roma (Gypsies). Through riveting first-person accounts, the dreams and nightmares of Kosovars unfold. Muslims who love America, Christians who despise it. Roma (Gypsies) dying of lead poisoning. Orphans of war, wives of the missing, parents of the murdered. Families who just want to go home. Their vivid stories reveal powerful insights into the religious and ethnic conflicts raging around the world today, as well as the limitations of military might to enforce peace. Sometimes hopeful, sometimes tragic, the struggle to make peace in Kosovo opens a profound window into the human cost of the politics of hate, and reminds us that the ultimate responsibility for peace lies within us all.

“This harrowing story's primary strengths lie in its clear and humane explanation of the ties that bind - and the rivalries that divide - in post-war Kosovo. A compelling, well-constructed look at the region's embattled history through the experience of its inhabitants.”

- Saskia Wilson-Brown, Programmer

Slamdance 2008 Documentary Competition Presented by Langley Productions