Other titles:SARAJEVO WAR/PEACE [Alternative Title]
UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: What will peace mean to the people of Sarajevo? What do citizens hope peace will bring to Bosnia-Herzegovina?
Description: Panning shot of Sarajevo. Interior shot of a theatre. The theatre director explains that when the war started they decided to continue with their theatre programme regardless, which included a play by a Serbian writer. He hopes that the latest talks will bring a lasting peace.
Shots of people working in a radio station. One of them says that people in Sarajevo are sceptical of the latest talks because the international community has been ‘impotent’ over the last four years. Street scenes in central Sarajevo. Normal life has largely resumed since the ceasefire and peace talks began. The radio DJ says that despite this scepticism, people are hopeful that there will be peace eventually. Footage of the DJ, hosting a radio show, taking calls from the public who talk about the future of Sarajevo. One caller says that Sarajevo is the key to Bosnia-Herzegovina because if Sarajevo remains undivided then so will Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Shots of men removing a wall of sand bags from the front of a building. A man in front of a fruit and vegetable stall says that peace will only come when all citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina have returned to where they lived before the war.
Shots of the radio station. The DJ plays recordings of people talking about Sarajevo, its strengths and the time it will take for the war’s divisions to be resolved.
Shot of the public square in the Baščaršija, people walking about in the streets, shops with goods to sell and trams running along the riverfront. Utilities should be restored by the time this programme is broadcast. Shots of people wheeling water containers along the street. The theatre director says that everyone in Bosnia wants the peace paper signed but citizens have different wishes for what the agreement should contain. He hopes that the peace will be in the hands of the ordinary people who have the right priorities for the future.
Alternative Title:SARAJEVO WAR/PEACE [Alternative Title]
UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:English (Tape Code A)
Digitised:
Object_Number:UNT 785
Sound:Bosnian (Tape Code B)
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1995-10 1995-10-11
Production Country: UN
Production Details: Foster, Leigh (Production individual)
Rossig, Ruediger (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: Bosnia-Herzegovina & Sarajevo (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: English (Tape Code A)
Sound format: Bosnian (Tape Code B)
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 8 mins 5 secs
