The Weight of Chains

The weight of the chains (AKA The Weight of Chains ) is a Canadian documentary from the year 2010 of the Canadian- Serbian origin director Boris Malagurski. The film analyzes the role that the U.S., NATO and the EU play in the breakup of Yugoslavia. He was released on December 17, 2010.

Content

The film describes how the state of Yugoslavia had secured its residents of all ethnicities prosperity and peace. The film mentions Ronald Reagan directives (National Security Decisions Directive 133-1984 ). These include the requirement of Yugoslavia into a market-oriented economy to convert. Slobodan Milošević, Alija Izetbegovic and Franjo Tuđman all criticized and portrayed as power-hungry. The film also describes how the West made ​​propaganda against the Serbs and the KLA, which was still a terrorist organization with ties to Osama bin Laden described by the CIA a few years ago was upgraded to a resistance group. The massacre of Gospic is mentioned. He also describes the independence of Kosovo, which was massively supported by the United States under President George W. Bush. It can be made with Kosovars interviews to admit himself to be a kind of American colony. The film also shows how the new states was tapped as new outlets. The EU, which would represent the interests of business leaders only an elite group would have, the circumstances of the State start-up co-influences massively.

Criticism

Journalist Damjan Pavlica criticized the film on the one hand craftsmanship ( Malagurski would simply cut feature film excerpts in between, without explaining this ) and content. Pavliva said it was shallow propaganda that ignores the Serbian guilt and responsibility for the collapse of Yugoslavia.