Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

Film portrait of Binka Zhelyazkova, the first woman film director in Bulgaria

Bulgarian director Binka Zhelyazkova (b.1923) never shrank from controversy. A film pioneer, she was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Her allegorical and urban dramas examined human rights, artistic freedom and the legitimacy of the political system itself.