A documentary about a neglected, marginalized minority in Serbia, forgotten by their country. The “straw girls” are anonymous Croatian artists of Bunjevci ethnicity who live in the north of the independent province of Vojvodina. They found straw to be the “green” medium of choice for creating paintings, sculptures and applied art objects as an antidote to their difficult life on the vast Pannonian plain. With commentary by artists Ana Milodanovic and Jozefa Skenderovic, art historian Bela Duranci, priest Andrija Kopilovic and writer Naco Zelic, the film encourages the revival of an endangered art form.
Film o slamarkama i njihovoj umjetnosti 'slika od slame' koja polako pada u zaborav. Hrvatske umjetnice na sjeveru Vojvodine, tzv. "slamarke" slamarske umjetnice, nešto su poput zaboravljena čuda. Pletući slamu na lijep i poetski način opisuju svoj teški usamljenički život na malenom imanju s kućom usred beskrajne, zlatne Panonske ravnice s nekoliko stabala i neizostavnim bunarom (salaš). Vrlo česti motivi malene su katoličke crkve i kršćanski simboli ali i veliki broj motiva iz svakidašnjeg života. Na međunarodnoj izložbi naivne umjetnosti u Moskvi 1976. godine Ana Milodanović osvojila je zlatnu medalju za svoj rad od pletene slame, a Kata Rogić imala je izuzetnu čast darovati svoj rad papi Pavlu VI. u Vatikanu 1964. godine.
Naive female artists called straw-girls Croats in the north of today's Vojvodina are something like forgotten miracle. The name ‘straw-girls’ is derived from Croatian name for straw. They use straw weaving for making beautiful and poetic description of their hard and lonely life at home which is a small oasis with a hut in immense Panonian golden plain with several trees and unavoidable well. Very common motives are small Catholic churches and Christian symbols. At the 1976 international exhibition of naive art in Moscow Ana Milodanovic won the gold medal with her work with straw weaving. Also, Kata Rogic had exceptional honour to present her work to Pope Paul the 6th in Vatican in 1964.
