The Enclave
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The Enclave is a three-part series about the fall of Srebrenica and the Dutch government's failure to protect the town from attackers. The series originally aired on the Dutch Public television. The serie was made in 1995. It has since been condensed into a movie and is regularly shown on US free satellite network LinkTV.
In the original series, each episode describes the Srebrenica incident in three different points of view and how it continues to control the characters. In the movie version, only two points of view were shown.
The following episode descriptions were taken from the Dutch Public Broadcasting website.
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Episode 1
Ibro Hadzic was a Bosnian young man who worked as an interpreter for Dutchbat (Dutch armed security forces) at the time of the fall of Srebrenica, has built up a new life for himself. He is now married to Sandra, a Dutchbatter (Dutch soldier), who is expecting his first child.
While working as an interpreter at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, he is confronted with Darko Bokan, whom Ibro thinks is the man who murdered his family during the fall of Srebrenica. His past, bottled-up until now, comes back to haunt him as, with mounting obsession, he starts digging into Bokan's role in his family's murder.
Episode 2
When Ibro Hadzic learned that Darko Bokan will be acquitted due to lack of evidence, Ibro had other plans to try Darko. Ibro took Bokan as hostage and forced him to confess to what he "did" in the past while the world watches the events on television. Ibro then makes it clear that he wants the former Defence Minister George Terhoff, whom he holds responsible for losing his family, to change places with Bokan. Terhoff entered the room full of police forces and arrested Ibro.
Episode 3 (Not shown in movie version)
Former Defense Minister George Terhoff was travelling to Srebrenica with his wife and daughter. He is confronted with the consequences of the decisions he made at the time of the war. The sudden disappearance of his daughter forces him to start a search. As he passes through all the places that bear silent witness to the fall of Srebrenica, he remembers the traumatic hours he spent in the bunker where he was expected to make decisions concerning life and death. He now experiences the frantic uncertainty that Ibro must have faced. He is eventually brutally confronted with his past...