Prebaci na Hrvatski

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Justice

28.08. :0
Synopsis:

In 1991 Serbian rebels attacked newly-formed Croatian state. At the time there was a large Serbian minority in Croatia, spread all over the country. Croats and Serbs lived together in towns for generations. Many Serbian civilians became innocent targets of Croatian revenge. Thousands of Serbian houses were destroyed. In Jovica Brkic’s hometown Bjelovar around 600 houses were damaged. Although the law qualifies such acts as terrorism – and in the case of the terrorism the State is responsible for compensating the victims – no one was ever compensated by the State. There was no political will to compensate Serbs. The laws were cleverly manipulated by the lawmakers.

NGO “Pravda (Justice)” is an organization of people trying to collect compensation for their destroyed property. Many of them lost everything in the process, due to high legal costs. Jovica Brkić tries to help them and battles for their rights…

Director:
Nebojsa Slijepcevic was born in 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2005 he graduated with Film Directing from the Academy of Drama and Art, also in Zagreb.He directed numerous TV documentaries and series, but also creative and author driven documentaries for which he received awards from various festiva...