Why Poverty

Mama Illegal

Austria
2011 — 102' / Color

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Synopsis

They gave the smugglers all their money and risk their life on their journey across borders: Three women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live a life in illegality without documents, far away from their children and family for years.

Director Biography

Ed Moschitz, since 2005 lecturer at the University of Krems for the master studies program for “quality journalism”. Since 1998 Reporter and journalist at the “Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”, in a documentary program. Writing of reports and articles for different magazines and newspapers in Austria.

Director

Ed Moschitz

Producer

Arash T. Riahi

Cinematographer

Sandra Merseburger

Editor

Alexandra Löwy

Sound

Gailute Miksyste

Lenka Mikulaova

Contact

Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH
Seidengasse 15/3/20
A-1070 Vienna, Austria
+43 181 05 636
[email protected]