Grave, The
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Synopsis
This multi award-winning documentary depicts the excavation of a mass grave at Vukovar, Croatia. Belinda Giles’ harrowing film follows the macabre work of forensic archaeologists as they unearth evidence of one of the worst atrocities carried out during the war in former Yugoslavia.
In 1991, after the town of Vukovar was ‘liberated’, it was ordered that the local hospital was to be evacuated. The injured men were separated from the women and children and were never seen again. Their families could not believe that all the men had been executed. Indeed, the film movingly shows how some families still hope for a reunion with their menfolk. Sadly, the horrific reality is brought to light with the exhumation of bandaged and battered corpses.
This multi award-winning documentary depicts the excavation of a mass grave at Vukovar, Croatia. Belinda Giles’ harrowing film follows the macabre work of forensic archaeologists as they unearth evidence of one of the worst atrocities carried out during the war in former Yugoslavia.

In 1991, after the town of Vukovar was ‘liberated’, it was ordered that the local hospital was to be evacuated. The injured men were separated from the women and children and were never seen again. Their families could not believe that all the men had been executed. Indeed, the film movingly shows how some families still hope for a reunion with their menfolk. Sadly, the horrific reality is brought to light with the exhumation of bandaged and battered corpses.
Duration
1 x 68'
Definition
SD
Genre
History
Subgenre
Factual
Producer
SOUL PURPOSE PRODUCTIONS LTD