This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity -- and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.

Welcome to Chechnya is both astonishingly groundbreaking in its use of technology, and difficult to watch. - Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com