Glory to labor! (1996)

Photographer of the newspaper "Slava Trudu!" from the village of Mrakovo, Mikhail, takes photos of the newspaper's editorial staff standing with rakes and shovels at the entrance to the editorial office before the start of the clean-up day, freeze frame.

Production processes in the printing house.

The newspaper editor holds a meeting, the staff reports on the work done, trips to the sites and the material collected for publications, a panorama of the meeting, faces of the editorial staff.

The editor gives instructions on the timing of publication of materials, asks questions about the materials of the current issue of the newspaper (synchronously and behind the scenes).

The editor-in-chief reports on the placement of materials in the latest issue (synchronously and behind the scenes), faces of the editorial staff.

The editor gives instructions for the upcoming issue dedicated to Victory Day (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Agitation stands on the wall of the editorial office.

The editor consults with the staff.

Editorial photographer Mikhail prepares reagents for developing film and printing photographs, drinks lemonade from a bottle.

Photographic films hung out to dry.

Mikhail talks about the problems that arise in the life of an editorial photographer, lack of funding, purchasing photographic materials at his own expense, lack of basic conditions for developing and printing, periodically leaving the editorial office and returning, the possibility of earning extra money on the side, low salary (synchronously and behind the scenes), a washstand on the wall.

Finished cart wheels.

A newspaper employee interviews a craftsman (in Bashkir), Mikhail examines the camera lens, making a spoke for a cart wheel by hand, using an axe.

Mikhail begins the process of printing photographs, replies that he cannot open the door.

Negatives of erotic content on developed film.

A girl in a short skirt walks down a village street.

Men with vigilante armbands watch the girl.

A guy pesters the girl, takes her away with him.

Panorama of a part of a wall with peeling paint, a half-erased poster on the wall.

Presentation of diplomas to graduates of a local vocational school.

A newspaper employee takes down the course of the event in shorthand.

Faces of girls.

Teachers and graduates before the start of the graduation party.

A newspaper employee interviews one of the graduates, the presentation of diplomas.

Canteen workers before the start of the banquet.

The production process in the printing house, printing of the next issue of the newspaper "Slava Trudu!" Mikhail smokes, standing at the entrance to the printing house.

Views of the editorial office corridor, stands with newspaper publications.

Residents of Mesryne are preparing for the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Mikhail takes pictures of women preparing food for the holiday.

Representatives of the village administration during a photo shoot.

Residents of the village of Mrakovo are getting ready for the holiday.

Mikhail talks with a friend about the lack of money and the hat he lost (synchronously).

Local residents during the holiday prayer, hands and faces of those praying, a man tries to balance a carpenter's axe on his nose and on one finger.

People in line to receive holiday food.

Distribution of boiled lamb to people in honor of the holiday.

The face of a printing house employee.

The production process in the printing house, printing of the next issue of the newspaper.

Issuing money to the editorial staff.

Photographer Mikhail receives money, signs, wads of money in bank packaging.

Mikhail chooses and tries on a new hat in the store.

A saleswoman helps Mikhail choose a hat.

A saleswoman at the cash register.

Mikhail takes a picture of the saleswoman in his new hat.

A piglet in a sack.

Mikhail chooses and buys a poster at the market.

The host of an event dedicated to the approaching May Day congratulates the residents of the village of Mrakovo on the upcoming holiday, delivering a speech into a microphone (synchronously).

A reporter takes shorthand notes.

A musician plays a Bashkir wind instrument during a festive open-air concert.

A panorama of a young spring birch forest with unmelted snow.

Mikhail looks at the sun through his fingertips.

A spring rural landscape.

A minibus is parked on the road, a view of a deep puddle of melt water spilling on the road.

A Bashkir national dish and a bottle of vodka on paper spread out on the bank of a stream, the newspaper editor is standing by a tree.

A sign with the name of the village of Mrakovo at the entrance to the village.

Faces of the editorial staff.

The editor-in-chief holds a ceremonial meeting dedicated to Press Day and congratulates colleagues on their professional holiday (synchronously).

The editorial staff are dancing in the hall of a local café during a gala banquet to celebrate Press Day, photographer Mikhail is among them.

A videographer is filming the editor-in-chief dancing with one of the employees.

Mikhail is dancing with one of the employees.

The editorial staff are at a festive table.

A developing tank cassette in a plastic basin with water.

Mikhail talks about his personal and family life, about his wives and the reasons for breaking up with them (synchronously and off-screen).

Erotic photographs in the form of playing cards, hanging to dry on clothespins (panorama).

Mikhail takes the film out of the developing tank, examines it, and washes it.

Mikhail continues to talk about his wives, talks about his bad luck (synchronously and off-screen), a developing tank cassette with film in water.

Mikhail taking photos of veterans of the Great Patriotic War with their military decorations, before the Victory Day celebration, veterans take turns on a chair in front of the camera, veterans' faces.

A sign with the name of the newspaper "Glory to Labor!" at the entrance to the editorial building.

After Mikhail has finished taking photos of the veterans, he takes the chair inside the editorial building.

A young man and a girl are standing by a fence, a car is driving past on the road.

The young man is seeing the girl off to the bus, people are at the bus stop.

A boy with a backpack on his shoulders is walking, stopping, and starting to look at something in the distance.

A bus is driving away on the road.