The Ladies. 13 min. Synopsis: For 50 years, a group of Ukrainian women has gathered in New York’s East Village to make dumplings for their church. This observational short offers an evocative portrait of “the ladies” and the work that brings them together. (In Ukrainian with English subtitles).

The Ladies is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources (DER). 

The Ladies premiered at the 39th annual Margaret Mead Film Festival in 2015. It also screened as an official selection at festivals including:
Queens World Film Festival, Queens, NY, 2016
Ethnografilm, Paris, 2016
Minneapolis Film Festival, 2016
Chicago Underground Film Festival, 2016
New York Picture Start Film Festival, 2016
Society for Visual Anthropology Festival, 2017

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