Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

January 01, 2007 | 48 min

A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Antonina Zhelyazkova

Naomi Scott

Atanas Svilenov

Naomi Scott

Delyana Hadzhiyankova

Naomi Scott

Ivan Popjordanov

Naomi Scott

Ivan Traykov

Naomi Scott

Ingeborg Bratoeva

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