The Fifth Floor: Fleeing Chechnya
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Why would a young woman flee her family and leave everything behind? BBC Russian's Zlata Onufrieva has been following the journeys of three women who've decided to run away from their homes in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Her documentary, Don't look for me, is part of the BBC 100 Women series. To find out more about the other inspiring and influential women on this year's list go to bbc.co.uk/100women. You can also follow BBC 100 Women on Facebook and Instagram. Plus, a social and cultural history of South Asian cornershops, with Ahsan Yunus from BBC Urdu.
Produced by Alice Gioia, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.8 | This is the fifth floor. |
| 0:11.5 | The fifth floor, you knowssonous. |
| 0:15.9 | To me, Ikeye, the fifth floor, Farnak, Amidi, Sobert. |
| 0:20.8 | This is the fifth floor at Farnak Amidi Sobath. This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC journalists from all around the world. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm your host, Faranak Amidi. |
| 0:36.6 | Why would a woman feel the need to run away from home, leaving everything behind and simply disappearing? |
| 0:44.5 | My decision to leave was driven by a desire for freedom and fulfillment. |
| 0:52.4 | I was dreaming of studying, working, traveling, and living independently. |
| 1:00.0 | Freedom is when you can say what you want and you're not afraid of being judged or threatened. |
| 1:06.1 | These are the voices of Liyah and Aminat. |
| 1:08.9 | There are two young women who fled their homes and cut all ties with |
| 1:13.0 | their families in Chechnya, a Russian Republic in the North Caucasus region. Zlata, Onufriyeva, |
| 1:19.6 | from BBC Russian, has been looking into their stories. Zlata is in the studio with me. It's so good |
| 1:25.4 | to have you on the fifth floor. Hi, thank you for having me. |
| 1:29.0 | Zlata, you worked on this documentary about Chechen women who run away from home as part of the BBC 100 women season. |
| 1:38.6 | Tell me more about this project and how did you find these stories? |
| 1:42.7 | Well, I've been covering female rights in the North Caucasus for several years now. |
| 1:48.7 | We did release a film called Discaping My Family before it was talking about this phenomena of |
| 1:55.2 | why there are more and more stories in media telling about these girls who run away and then who are in danger. |
| 2:02.2 | And this year, it was kind of like even more new stories. |
| 2:06.5 | And Leah was one of the new girls who escaped. |
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