[6][7] In June 2000 the documentary won the Air Canada Grand Prize and the Best History or Biography Programme award at the 21st Banff Television Festival.
[8][9] In September 2000 the documentary won the Information category award at the fifth Gouden Beelden.
[10] It won first prize in the International Television category at the 33rd Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2001.
[12] The documentary was broadcast on BBC Two in the UK on 27 November 1999 as part of the Storyville series.
[15][16] The broadcast of the documentary on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) in the summer of 2001, on the sixth anniversary of the massacre, resulted in a storm of protests, including opposition politicians calling for the dismissal of senior RTS staff.