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War's Scars: A Son Films His Father's Unspoken Trauma
11 May
Summary
- A documentary uses war-era footage to explore inherited grief.
- Filmmaker Ado Hasanović confronts his father's war experiences.
- Personal archive captures Srebrenica's terror and camaraderie.
A new documentary by Ado Hasanović offers a poignant look at the Bosnian war through the lens of his father, Bekir. Bekir's wartime recordings, once guarded, now form the core of a film examining generational trauma and memory.
In 1993, Bekir co-founded a film collective in Srebrenica. What began as an amateur project evolved into crucial documentation of community life and the escalating terror of Serbian paramilitary groups. His footage captures both camaraderie and the encroaching threat.
The film starkly contrasts Bekir's escape memories with archival footage of executions, highlighting the callousness of perpetrators and restoring dignity to victims. It explores the psychological and physical scars left by wartime atrocities, showing how trauma endures long after survival.
