{"id":2916,"date":"2024-08-12T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/wp\/?page_id=2916"},"modified":"2024-08-13T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:41:51","slug":"damned-of-kosovo-michel-collon-vaness-stojilkovic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/wp\/damned-of-kosovo-michel-collon-vaness-stojilkovic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Damned of Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Collon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In this truly moving video Belgian filmmaker and antiwar activist, Michel Collon, in collaboration with Vanessa Stojilkovic, created one of the most powerful documentaries about Kosovo after the NATO bombing and occupation. Recording in their own words the victims of the most atrocious cruelties by the Albanian KLA while NATO &#8220;peacekeepers&#8221; turned a blind eye, they convey the horrors endured by those who are truly &#8220;The Damned of Kosovo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Michel Collon&#8217;s calm, dispassionate voice contrasts with the heartbreaking accounts of the ordinary people of Kosovo who were set upon by the KLA, emboldened to indulge their atavistic hatred by NATO and Western indifference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dbjn4Z3MJpo?si=JMAdKAXjFvqRKI7h\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(Being a digitisation of an old VHS tape, the quality of the video is less than perfect)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this truly moving video Belgian filmmaker and antiwar activist, Michel Collon, in collaboration with Vanessa Stojilkovic, created one of the most powerful documentaries about Kosovo after the NATO bombing and occupation. 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