The mistreatment and persecution of the LGBTQ community in Chechnya has been an ongoing issue, but in March 2017 a glaring spotlight was put on the Russian republic as reports of gay and bisexual men ...

David France’s new HBO documentary, “Welcome to Chechnya,” looks at the ongoing campaign to eradicate gay people in the Chechen Republic. France worked on the ground with activists in Moscow and ...

The new documentary “Welcome to Chechnya” available on HBO and HBO Max, looks at the dangers for LGBTQ people in Russia’s Chechen Republic. To document human rights abuses in Chechnya, filmmaker David ...

France helmed HBO’s ‘How to Survive a Pandemic’ and before that his directorial debut ‘How to Survive a Plague.’ By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France has signed ...

The classy, intellectual activist began his career as a journalist in the 1980s, penning works for The New York Times, Newsweek and The New York Post. Though his career thrived in the early 80s, ...

Slipping behind the Chechen Republic’s iron curtain of intolerance to shoot a film required extreme preparation and precision for director David France and his crew. “The people who were at real risk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a place where there are no protections for those in the LGBTQ community and where they are openly mistreated and oppressed, ...