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P.O.V. Season Continues with "The Brooklyn Connection"

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 10 PM

It's common knowledge that buying weapons in the United States is surprisingly easy. But what about outfitting a foreign
guerilla army? Meet Florin Krasniqi, one of the driving forces
behind Kosovo's fight for independence. He lives in Brooklyn,
N.Y., where he runs a successful roofing company. But he is
leading a double life. "The Brooklyn Connection," based on
material from Stacy Sullivan's book, Be Not Afraid, For You
Have Sons in America, shows the terrifying ease with which
this charming businessman raised $30 million during the Kosovo War, purchased weapons across the USA, and shipped them legally to Albania to be smuggled into Kosovo. The war ended in 1999, but Krasniqi warns that there could be another struggle - with arms provided by this Brooklyn roofer.

"I've never been part of a tribe or a country where I had to fight for my lands. And I've never been humiliated by other people. And my family has never been killed. So maybe that's something I started to understand."
-Klaartje Quirijns, filmmaker

"The Brooklyn Connection" companion website
(http://www.pbs.org/pov/thebrooklynconnection) offers streaming video trailers, an update on the status of Kosovo and US gun laws, interviews with the filmmaker and more, including special features:

Starts7/18/2005
Ends7/21/2005
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Posted on July 18, 2005 in Film / Screening by winnith