Anathema

1/21/2022

By J.B.Spins The horrors committed by the Serbian former Communists and their Bosnian Serb allies were horrendous, and the Free World's feckless response was a scandal, which has yet to be adequately captured on film. The Hunting Party had some intriguing moments, but was undercut by a weak lead performance and displayed more interest in criticizing NATO for a lack of zealousness pursuing war criminals than dramatizing the actual crimes. Though not perfect, writer-director Agim Sopi's Anatema (trailer here), now available on DVD, serves as a valuable corrective, shining a light on Serbian war crimes, in this case committed in Kosovo. Sopi's original intention was to document war crimes occurring in Kosovo with a documentary, but when the Serbian army confiscated his film, he was forced