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BOOK SMUGGLERS

by Jeremiah Cullinane

synopsis

An Irish poet and a Lithuanian stage director retrace the steps of the 19th century Lithuanian Book Smugglers, who risked their lives to resist Russification and protect their language from extinction by smuggling books, newspapers, and magazines into Lithuania from Prussia and distributing them along clandestine networks. Travelling through the forests and along the rivers, each of them learns something about the other’s country and the links between language and identity.

original title: Book Smugglers
country: Ireland, Lithuania
year: 2010
genre: fiction
directed by: Jeremiah Cullinane
film run: 73'
screenplay: Jeremiah Cullinane
cast: Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, Albertas Vidziunas
cinematography by: Audrius Kemežys
film editing: Kostas Radlinskas
music: Siobhán Cleary
producer: Rasa Miskinyte, Bartolomeo Dibenedetto, Jeremiah Cullinane, David Rane
production: Planet Korda Pictures, Era Film, Vinegar Hill Productions documentary for TG4, BBC Northern Ireland, LRT
backing: ILBF, Broadcast Authority of Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, MEDIA Programme (Broadcast Fund)

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