White Mama

Russia2018documentary97'Konkurs dokumentalny (2018)

Alina and her family have been put under severe strain. The woman, who has six black-skinned children born out of her relationship with an Ethiopian man, decides to adopt a white boy with mental health problems. Will the characters have enough good will and sufficient child-raising skills to tame – and love – the little tyrant? A film for those who have nerves of steel as it takes viewers to the very centre of the family hell.

directed by
Zosya Rodkevich

Film director and cinematographer. She was born in 1990. She graduated from the Marina Razbezhkina School of Documentary Films and Theatre. She is one of the directors of the award-winning documentary "Winter Go Away" (2012). She has worked on "The Term" (2014) and Kiev / Moscow (2015). Her feature-length debut "My Friend Boris Nemtsov" (2016) won the Golden Horn at the 56th Krakow Film Festival.

Evgeniya Ostanina

Director and editor. She debuted with "Kiev / Moscow" (2015), which was awarded at the festival in Locarno.

cinematography
Zosya Rodkevich
editing
Evgeniya Ostanina
production
Ilya Malkin, Aleksander Rastorguev (BW Film Production)
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