The 'mail-order bride' stereotype gets dismantled by five women who refuse to be your punchline.
The filmmaker Elena Beloff is a Russian woman who has lived in New York for ten years. Her film explores stereotypes of Russian women which emerged in the 1990s, unfortunate stereotypes that arise from the media and hearsay.
Direction
Beloff's insider-outsider lens builds trust her subjects clearly needed.
Writing
Lets women speak for themselves — radical concept, apparently.
Director
Elena Mosaner
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