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By Michael BORODIN

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Social issues - Completed 2022

Yelena is an activist fighting for the rights of cotton pickers. Muhabbat is a farmer struggling with the hardships of rural life…

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Artdocfest 2022

Competition

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Social issues, Documentary
- Countries
- UZBEKISTAN, GERMANY
- Languages
- UZBEK, RUSSIAN
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 68 mn
- Director(s)
- Michael BORODIN
- Writer(s)
- Timur KARPOV, Michael BORODIN
- Producer(s)
- Julia SHAGINUROVA (Einbahnstraße Productions), Timur KARPOV (139 Documentary Center)
- Synopsis
- The film is a parallel narration of the stories of Yelena and Muhabbat. We follow the farmer through her everyday routine from the field to the Maternity Home where she picks up her newborn grandson, from the Mosque to the feast at her house and then to the field again, where, after a humiliating quarrel with the officials, she has to start picking cotton before the crop is fully ripe.
  Yelena’s part is almost a road movie, we follow her on the annual crusade against forced labor. Many see her as an extravagant figure. The pickers are polite, most of them probably even share her vision. Still, we see that there’s little trust in them, confronting her rage and passion makes them uncomfortable. It seems, Yelena doesn’t really pay attention to this lack of enthusiasm, she is an optimist. She knows, that her way is long and believes, that one day she will win over the state slavery system.
  Our heroines are very different, their standings are almost opposite: Muhabbat believes in hard work and obedience to the rules, Yelena is a pure protest and rage. The passion of one meets the reason and firmness of another composing the story of two strong female characters coping with injustice and poverty.

COTTON 100%

PAXTA 100%

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