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.
Karen Pearlman
Writer, Director
Leeanna Walsman
Elizaveta Svilova
Richard James Allen
Dziga Vertov
Marcus Graham
Boris Shumyatsky
Cat Smith
Baker
Ivan K. Germano
Vertov's cameraman
Origin62%
Suffragette71%
The Way Back69%
Lucky Them60%
The Ron Clark Story76%
The Glorias64%
Radium Girls67%
The Safety of Objects65%
Strange Weather58%
The Last Command73%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
The Girl in the Book58%
Flamin' Hot79%
K-19: The Widowmaker65%
Holy Lands61%
Lee69%
Genius65%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
The Trials of Cate McCall63%
Iron Jawed Angels67%
