Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

2009 | 286 minutes | 9.0 ★ (1)

Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR
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    A meditation on the time when the world watched as filmmaker Jonas Mekas' home country of Lithuania fought for independence. An immersion into the addictive grasp of the 24-hour news cycle, into a moment of major social upheaval, and into one very personal fixation of an obsessive chronicler. The film exists in a shortened, four-screen version as well as a one-screen, full-length document.

  • Release Date

    06 February 2009

  • DirectingJonas Mekas
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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