VAI VIEGLI BUT...
? / IS IT EASY TO BE...?
Latvia 1997
Director: Antra Cilinska, 66 MIN
In 1988, Juris Podnieks made VAI VIEGLI BUT JAUNAM? / IS IT EASY TO BE
YOUNG?, a documentary about rebellious Latvian youths, who had developed
an autonomous youth-culture beyond Soviet norms of education. The documentary
led to heated debates in the former USSR and became the pivotal film of
“Perestroika”. Ten years later, Antra Cilinska – the
editor of the film – tracked down the now-adult teenagers from back
then: their fates and their fulfilled and disappointed hopes and dreams
mirror the changes of Latvia.
Bellevue-Saal: 09.04. / 6 p.m.
Double feature with MEELEVAVALDAJA / THE OPINIONATOR |