General Information

Original Title

Zhivye konteinery

Author/Creator

Sharipov, Orzu, director.

Language

Russian.

Subtitles

English

Published

Tajikistan, 2002.

Physical Description

VHS (27 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

This report from a women's prison tells about a recent but already widespread calamity . Economic hardship and political chaos have led many Tajik women to become, out of sheer necessity, "live containers", smuggling heroin inside themselves. These women, who led ordinary lives yesterday, could not possibly be called criminals. The government recognizes this and occasionally amnesties those women who were caught with relatively "small" (by Tajik standards) amount of drugs. Yet, despite their sincere repentance and their joy at being liberated, there is no guarantee that life will not make them go down this terrible path again. This film is part of the Gender Montage: Paradigms in Post Soviet Space film series made by The Network Women's Program of the Open Society Institute - Russia and the Gender Policy Institute.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

Live Containers

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
VHS	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0304	Available	-	-