REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA - JONAS MEKAS
15 NOV 2017
USA, 1972, 82 min.
Jonas and Adolfas Mekas came to America in 1949 as political refugees. Former prisoners in German labour camps, wanted by the Soviet police, they were forced to leave behind their home village in Lithuania, which they only returned to after 27 years. Directed in 1971 and 1972, the film is a fascinating account of the separation and reunion of a family many years later.
Jonas and Adolfas Mekas came to America in 1949 as political refugees. Former prisoners in German labour camps, wanted by the Soviet police, they were forced to leave behind their home village in Lithuania, which they only returned to after 27 years. Directed in 1971 and 1972, the film is a fascinating account of the separation and reunion of a family many years later.
