Children of Beslan

Children of Beslan

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 30, 2005

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

Children of Beslan

Director

Ewa Ewart

Description

On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia. For three days, more than a thousand children and adults were held hostage in a sweltering gymnasium, denied food and water, and forced to keep their hands over their heads. The harrowing siege ended on September 3 with a series of explosions and a hail of gunfire that killed some 350 people - half of them children. In this film, the youngest survivors of Beslan tell their story.