Santa Barbara

2022 15 min

Overview

Inspired by the 1980s American soap opera, Santa Barbara, Svetlana became a mail-order bride from post-Soviet Russia to America. She took her two children with her to California to meet a stranger, a man who would soon become her husband and father to her children. The film brings together the audition process, behind- the-scenes footage, archival home movies, scripted scenes, and an interview with the director's mother, Svetlana. This project is an immersive form of visual storytelling that employs memory and performance in equal measure to show the journey of immigrating to America.

Genres

Documentary Drama Romance

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Cast

Ana Imnadze

Svetlana

Gene Jones

Eli

Crew

Diana Markosian

Director

Jacob Halajian

Producer

Sarah Wagner Miller

Producer

Lynda Myles

Writer

Paul Germain