UNTV film - Gornji Vakuf split in two
I have slowly being trying to add more film material from this blog.
This is a film that I shot for director Mary Currie in Gornji Vakuf. The town, in western Bosnia, once shared by all communities was divided along ethnic lines by the fighting. In this film both sections of the community reflect on these divisions and lament the breakdown of their communitiy.
As a piece, the film is a classic UNTV project, notably because both sides were given the chance to speak and despite the underlying bitterness, the film contained messages of hope. Without the pressures of a news deadline and with access to all sides of the conflict, UNTV had time to make well crafted, thoughtful films and this film is a good example of these high production values. However, as I have noted in my essay, this approach was to change as the conflict developed in 1995 and UNTV found itself reporting on live events, such as the arrival of refugees from Srebrenica and the Croatian Army's Operation Storm.
UNTV586A GorniVakuf315 from Andy Johnstone on Vimeo.
Special thanks again to the Imperial War Muesum for permission to include these films on this blog.