Help Us Preserve the Legacy of the Bosnian Genocide Through Educational Video Reels

Every year, more eyewitnesses to the Bosnian Genocide are lost.

Survivors are aging. Witnesses are passing away. Crime scenes are changing or being deliberately erased. At the same time, genocide denial continues to spread through politics, education, and social media.

If these stories are not documented now, many will disappear forever.

That is why we created The Acts of Reburial.

Our mission is to preserve the history of the Bosnian Genocide through evidence-based educational videos that document the stories of genocide victims and survivors, the places where crimes occurred, and the evidence that helps future generations understand what happened before, during, and after the Bosnian Genocide.

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What Is The Acts of Reburial?

The Acts of Reburial is an independent English-language educational social media project dedicated to documenting the Bosnian Genocide and the 1992–1995 war throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Through professionally researched educational videos, the project is building one of the world’s most comprehensive English-language digital archives documenting genocide, crimes against humanity, concentration camps, mass graves, memorials, destroyed communities, and the stories of genocide victims and survivors.

Rather than producing educational content that reaches only a small audience, our goal is to bring rigorous historical research directly to the platforms where millions of people learn about the world every day.

Every video is published free of charge across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Substack, making this history accessible to audiences around the globe.

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Who We Are

The Acts of Reburial is led by Bosnian-American filmmaker, photographer, and writer Harun Mehmedinović.

Born in Sarajevo, Harun survived the Bosnian War before emigrating with his family as a refugee.

A graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory, his work includes the Oscar-qualified short film In the Name of the Son, the feature documentary Ice on Fire (executive produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio), and the internationally recognized SKYGLOW Project.

His photography and filmmaking have been featured by National Geographic, BBC, TIME, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and many other international publications.

Over the past several years, Harun and The Acts of Reburial team have travelled to more than 150 municipalities, towns, and villages throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina documenting massacre sites, concentration camps, mass graves, destroyed communities, memorials, forensic investigations, and the stories of genocide victims and survivors.

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Why This Project Matters

Thirty years after the Bosnian Genocide, much of what happened remains unknown outside the Balkans.

While many people have heard of Srebrenica, far fewer know about the genocide committed in communities such as Prijedor, Foča, Višegrad, Sanski Most, Ključ, Nevesinje, Gacko, Vlasenica, Zvornik, Ahmići, Biljani, and hundreds of other towns and villages across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Many of these places have never been professionally documented in the English language.

At the same time, genocide denial continues to spread, while those who witnessed these events grow older with each passing year.

Every interview not recorded is a story that may be lost forever.

Every location left undocumented is another chapter of history at risk of disappearing.

Education remains one of the strongest tools we have to confront denial and preserve historical truth.

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What We Are Producing

We are raising funds to produce professionally researched educational videos designed specifically for today’s digital audiences.

Each video combines:

• Historical research

• Archival material

• Location-based cinematography

• Maps and graphics

• Historical context

• Stories of genocide victims and survivors

• Analysis

Rather than expecting people to find history, we bring history directly to them through the platforms they already use every day.

Each educational video becomes part of a permanent public archive that remains freely available to students, educators, journalists, researchers, and anyone seeking to better understand the Bosnian Genocide.

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What We’ve Accomplished So Far

Since beginning The Acts of Reburial, we have:

• Created 50 reels documenting the Bosnian Genocide in over 10 localities including Bihac, Kljuc, Sanski Most, Prijedor, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Visegrad, Nevesinje, and others.

• Visited hundreds of historically significant locations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Recorded extensive visual documentation of massacre sites, concentration camps, memorials, and destroyed communities

• Conducted historical research across the country

• Begun building a growing English-language educational archive dedicated to preserving the history of the Bosnian Genocide

This work continues every week.

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What One Educational Video Costs

Although most of our videos are only a few minutes long, each one typically requires two to three weeks of research, travel, filming, editing, and publishing.

An average educational video costs approximately US$1,000 to produce.

Example production budget

Travel (fuel, tolls, vehicle expenses): $300–400

Accommodation and meals during fieldwork: $400–600

Camera, audio equipment, and maintenance: $50–100

Research materials, maps, graphics, subtitles, translations, publishing, and miscellaneous production costs: $100–200

Every dollar directly supports the production of freely accessible educational content.

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Why Social Media?

Traditional documentaries are incredibly valuable—but they often reach audiences already interested in history.

Our goal is different.

We want to bring carefully researched historical education directly into the daily lives of millions of people around the world.

A student scrolling through Instagram.

A teacher looking for classroom resources.

A journalist researching the Bosnian Genocide.

Someone who has never heard of Prijedor, Foča, Višegrad, Zvornik, Sanski Most, or dozens of other communities affected by genocide.

Short, accessible educational videos allow us to reach people who might never watch a feature-length documentary or read an academic book.

That is the power of this project.

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Our Long-Term Vision

The Acts of Reburial is an ambitious long-term effort to build one of the world’s most comprehensive English-language educational archives documenting the Bosnian Genocide.

Our vision is to document individual and mass war crimes across hundreds of cities, towns, villages, and remote communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Every educational video adds another chapter.

Every location documented preserves another piece of history.

Every story shared helps protect historical truth from being forgotten or denied.

Together, these videos become a permanent public archive for educators, students, researchers, journalists, and future generations.

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Thank You

History survives because people choose to preserve it.

By supporting The Acts of Reburial, you are helping document the stories of genocide victims and survivors, preserve historical evidence, confront genocide denial, and build a freely accessible educational archive that will continue educating people for generations to come.

Every contribution—no matter its size—helps ensure that the truth about the Bosnian Genocide remains available to the world.

Thank you for helping us preserve history before it is lost.

After reading everything we’ve worked on over the past several months, there’s one thing I would still change if the goal is maximizing donations: I would open with one human story before the first paragraph. For example, begin with Jasmina Ploškić, the Skokić Roma family, or another individual whose experience encapsulates the urgency of the project. Research on fundraising consistently shows that people connect more strongly to a specific person’s story than to abstract statistics, and then you can broaden to the larger mission. I think that would make an already strong campaign even more compelling.

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FOLLOW THE PROJECT

You can follow Acts of Reburial and watch our educational reels on:

* Instagram

* TikTok

* YouTube

* Facebook

* Substack

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THANK YOU

Thank you for supporting Acts of Reburial.

With your help, we can preserve survivor testimonies, document forgotten places, confront genocide denial, and ensure that the history of the Bosnian Genocide is remembered—not only for today’s generation, but for generations to come.