Woman with an Editing Bench

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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, Richard James Allen, Marcus Graham, Cat Smith, Ivan K. Germano

Director: Karen Pearlman

Genres: History, Drama

Cast

Leeanna Walsman

Elizaveta Svilova

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Richard James Allen

Dziga Vertov

Marcus Graham

Boris Shumyatsky

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Cat Smith

Baker

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Ivan K. Germano

Vertov's cameraman

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