To Shura

Name: To Shura
Director: Renita Lintrop
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-01-01
Rating: 8.0

1990 · 17 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary

Throughout her life, Aleksandra has done hard physical work, believing in God and the imminent end of human suffering. Shura, 64, works at the top of the ash hill of the North-Eastern Estonian coal mine.

Directed by Renita Lintrop · Written by Renita Lintrop

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