In this tumultuous time of uneasiness, it would seem impossible to imagine that anything like the third Reich or imprisonment camps could happen again. However, with the anti-gay purge in Chechnya, with secret abductions, imprisonment, torture - and extrajudicial killing by authorities targeting persons based on their perceived sexual orientation, one must wonder if history can indeed repeat itself. Chanteuse was written not only to tell the story of one man’s journey but also to warn us that we cannot turn a blind eye to today’s climate with its alarming echoes of the past.
