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Women from Georgia

Kalebi Sakartvelodan · dir. Levan Koguashvili
Georgia 2009, 54’

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This is a documentary about women who came to America to work illegally and send money back to Georgia to support their families. Each one of the women has a unique story to tell and their motives are different. These women are mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and, in addition to that, they are civilized slaves who are deliberately sacrificing their lives for their families.

Director:Levan Koguashvili
Screenplay:Levan Koguashvili
Cinematography:Kirill Mikhanovsky, Lyle Vincent

Levan Koghuashvili was born in Georgia in 1973. After finishing school, he began to study at the State Institute of Film and Theatre in Tbilisi, but one year later a civil war broke out in Georgia and he began to work as a journalist and later as a director. He graduated from New York Film School.

Filmography:

  • 2005: A Small Theatre in Washington
  • 2006: The Debt
  • 2009: Kobiety z Gruzji / Women From Georgia
  • 2010: Quchis dgeebi