52docs / 9 - Is this the real life?

Continuing our thread of remarkable women, let’s travel to Russia for a portrait of creativity and courage.

I think we’ll be hard pressed to find a film as beautifully shot and a protagonist as striking we do in as Queendom.

Jenna seems like a truly otherworldly being, somehow conjured out of a Floria Sigismondi dream in a small town in Russia and birthed into the world with a primal howl against conformity.

I’d love to attend a Q&A for this one.

Trailer

Widely available, including on the iPlayer in the UK or Kanopy in the US.