Parkside Girls


A short film by Mia Engberg.

Three women came to New York to seek happiness and they all ended up at Parkside Residence, the Salvation Army’s residence for women. “Even if I don’t become famous or even semi-famous I just hope that, at the age of 65, I’m not living in this room.”

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Production facts:

Length: 23 min
Year: 1996
Shot on location in New York

Director and camera: Mia Engberg
Editing: Göran Olsson and Mia Engberg
Production: Lo Kauppi for Dramatiska Institutet

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