IS IT EASY TO BE...?

Symposium

In 1987, 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.
Vai viegli būt... ? / Ist es leicht ... zu sein?
LVA 1997 / 66 min
Director: Antra Cilinska
  • Screenplay: Antra Cilinska
  • Cinematographer: Uldis Millers
  • Editor: Sandra Alksne
  • Music: Mārtiņš Brauns
  • Production Company: Jura Podnieka Studija - Riga
In 1987, 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.
  • Screenplay: Antra Cilinska
  • Cinematographer: Uldis Millers
  • Editor: Sandra Alksne
  • Music: Mārtiņš Brauns
  • Production Company: Jura Podnieka Studija - Riga