MISS GULAG | Women Make Movies | Clip 4

MISS GULAG is a rare look at the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in post-Soviet Russia, where women's unemployment and incarceration rates are very high. Shot inside a Siberian prison camp and the surrounding countryside, this absorbing documentary traces the individual paths of three young women now at different points in their lives: Tatiana, whose parole hearing and early release are captured on film; Natasha, living in freedom with her family in a remote village; and Yulia, not yet twenty and facing still more prison time. Like their individual circumstances, the shared experience of long jail sentences has made them vigilant about their own destinies. Incarceration and an environment of constant surveillance are harsh, but no less so than life outside. Yet all three women, their families, and loved ones are sustained by hope.

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MISS GULAG
A film by Maria Yatskova

Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of Siberian prison camp UF91-9 emerges a complex narrative about the first generation of women to come of age in post-Soviet Russia. Shot inside the prison and the surrounding countryside, MISS GULAG traces the individual paths of three young women now at different points in their lives. Like their individual circumstances, the shared experience of long jail sentences has made them vigilant about their own destinies.

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