Woman with an Editing Bench (2016)

Woman with an Editing Bench (2016)

2016-08-01 Australia 15 Min. PG-13
7 2 votes

Overview

Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929), "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds.

Cast

Leeanna Walsman is Elizaveta Svilova
Elizaveta Svilova
Richard James Allen is Dziga Vertov
Marcus Graham is Boris Shumyatsky
Boris Shumyatsky
Cat Smith is Baker
Ivan K. Germano is Vertov's cameraman
Vertov's cameraman