Yugodivas

Yugodivas

2000 · 58 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Five New York divas close up. The thing that in addition to their friendship links these gifted, confident and beautiful women; a painter, an actress and three musicians, is their shared homeland, former Yugoslavia.

Directed by Andrea Štaka · Written by Andrea Štaka

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