cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/4931252
Here you can see a trailer (3 min, scroll to the bottom of the page)
More about the film and upcoming events to watch across the globe are on the documentary’s website: https://www.childreninthefire.com/
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Children in the Fire [is] a new documentary directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, a Russian-born, US-based film-maker whose previous works include Cries from Syria, about the Syrian civil war, and the Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire, which covered the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine. Along with horrifying stories of abduction and forced adoption, the new film also features children who have endured extensive burns, injuries and amputations since February 2022.
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The film includes footage of Putin stating that, “Wars are not won by generals, but rather by schoolteachers and priests.”
“He is saying that re-education is the key element of winning the war. And it applies not only to Ukrainian kids; it applies to the entirety of Russia. He is trying to create a sort of Hitler Youth movement.”
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Even in a scholarly discussion, giving the source of a quote (“the UN’s criteria for Genocide”) is usually more than enough for a discussion and arguably even a journal paper.
Optimally? Yes, you do actually get your bibtex on. But fricking nobody likes footnotes in a discussion. If it is central to the thesis then you definitely cite (and date/archive that). But as an aside or a fun fact? You’ll get dinged in English class but made fun of by editors who acknowledge you are correct but also want to give you a wedgie for actually doing it.