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.
Woman with an Editing Bench
In the midst of 1930s Soviet Union, a determined editor finds herself on a mission to salvage her film project while also fighting to rescue her husband from the clutches of Stalin's oppressive regime.