Na Chornykh Lyadakh

A group of Belarusian anti-Soviet insurgents from the failed Slutsk Defence Action wanders through forests, fleeing from the surrounding Bolshevik army. They learned that the Bolsheviks carry the bodies of the killed insurgents around local villages for identification and retaliation against their families. To avoid this the insurgents decide to commit group suicide in a remote desolate place. Only the youngest of the insurgents is left to bury the others' bodies and live on. ==Production and distribution==

The premiere of the movie was scheduled for soon after the controversial referendum held by the authoritarian pro-Russian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka, According to media, the film was banned by Lukashenka's chief ideologist of that time, Vladimir Zametalin. On Black Slash-and-Burn Fields was allegedly invited to participate in several international film festivals but Belarusfilm as the official right holder did not respond to the invitations. ==Notes==