Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Aug 30 1996
•1h 21m
•Documentary
Jonas Mekas weaves an elegiac diary film from his 1971–72 return to Lithuania, chronicling a visit to his birthplace of Semeniškiai after decades in exile. Blending personal memory with documentary observation, the film becomes both a portrait of homecoming and a meditation on displacement, family, and the passage of time.
Cast
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Pola Chapelle
Self
Peter Kubelka
Self
Adolfas Mekas
Self
Jonas Mekas
Self
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