
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.
Director:
Writer:

Leeanna Walsman
Elizaveta Svilova

Richard James Allen
Dziga Vertov

Marcus Graham
Boris Shumyatsky

Cat Smith
Baker

Ivan K. Germano
Vertov's cameraman