An award-winning filmmaker who makes documentaries and videos about artists, activists and everyday heroes.
A selection of recent work can be seen below. For additional work please visit www.yerosha.com.
THE LONG WAY HOME
The Musical Odyssey of Boris Grebenshchikov
A FILM BY MICHAEL APTED • REMASTERED & EXPANDED
THE LONG WAY HOME is Michael Apted’s revealing, rollicking portrait of Soviet underground rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov, during his 1988 odyssey to the West to record an album and bring it back home in the early, optimistic days of Glasnost. The film also features Boris’s legendary Russian band Aquarium, and Dave Stewart, with special appearances by Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, Ray Cooper, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Remastered in 4K and available for the first time in over 30 years, it is followed by an epilogue co-directed by Steven Lawrence and Susanne Rostock (the film’s producer and editor) that brings Boris’s journey up to date, including his exile from Russia for speaking out against the invasion of Ukraine.
THE INVISIBLE EXTINCTION
The Invisible Extinction spotlights the extraordinary work and charismatic personalities of renowned scientists Martin Blaser, and his partner in the lab and in life, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, as they race to save the vanishing gut microbes that are essential for our survival. World premiere at CPH:DOX and winner of the 2022 Illuminate Film Festival Director’s Choice award.
THE CAT RESCUERS
With at least 500,000 abandoned and feral cats on NYC’s streets, the city is doing little to address the problem. THE CAT RESCUERS follows Sassee, Claire, Tara and Stu as they hit the streets, backyards, and alleys of Brooklyn to save feline lives. As the film unfolds, it shows the extraordinary skill, resilience and humor these passionate urban heroes bring to this challenging work, and how it has changed their lives. Against great odds, they are making a difference. Winner of the 2018 Hamptons International Film Festival Zelda Penzel Award for Giving Voice to the Voiceless.
SARABAH
Sarabah is a documentary about Senegalese rapper Sister Fa, a childhood victim of female genital cutting, and her grassroots campaign to end the practice in her homeland. It won the Matter of Act award for best documentary about a human rights defender at the 2011 Movies That Matter festival in The Hague