Woman with an Editing Bench

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.

Details

Cast

Leeanna Walsman

Elizaveta Svilova

Richard James Allen

Dziga Vertov

Marcus Graham

Boris Shumyatsky

Cat Smith

Baker

Ivan K. Germano

Vertov's cameraman