A documentary film "Autumn on No Man's Land" (Jesen na nicijoj zemlji), by Ninoslav Randjelovic, was screened yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington. It speaks about life in Kosovo-Metohija after a pogrom against Serbs and other non-Albanians which took place on March 17, 2004.
Ninoslav Randjelovic
Randjelovic told the Tanjug news agency that speaking about Kosovo-Metohija today means speaking about all mistakes that have been made. He added that his wish is for this film to help at least a little bit to correct those mistakes and solve the problem of Kosovo-Metohija.
According to Randjelovic, it is encouraging that the academic circles of the United States of America have expressed wish to see the film and some other picture of Kosovo, different from the one that has been shown in the US media so far.
“I think that we should free ourselves from all restraints and speak about Kosovo-Metohija as about a human being that suffers. We should look on things that are happening there freed of politics and admit that in Kosovo people and children are being killed, that basic freedoms are violated and that all that is happening in the 21st century in Europe. That is the approach of my film”, Randjelovic said.
On December 15, "Autumn on Nobody's Land" will be screened to members of the Washington Institute for Religious and Political Issues, whose President Joseph Gribosky visited Kosovo in August and expressed willingness to financially assist in the distribution of copies of Randjelovic's film.
The film will be screened at New York's Columbia University in February 2005, and at Harvard University in Boston afterwards. Randjelovic also received an invitation from the Swedish Academy of Science and Arts to show his film to its members.