Baltic Tribes (2018)

Original title

Baltu ciltis

Directed by

Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele

Genre

historical film

Country

Latvia

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses historical reenactments, live action, CGI, and expert commentary to examine the Baltic people in the 13th century. It shows their culture and way of life before Christianization.

educationalinformativevisualhistoricalslow-pacedseriousfactual

What happens

Baltic Tribes: Last Pagans of Europe (Latvian: Baltu ciltis: Eiropas pēdējie pagāni) is a 2018 Latvian popular science documentary film co-directed by Lauris Ābele and Raitis Ābele about the Baltic people during the 13th century. The film consists of historical reconstructions, live action scenes, and computer animations supplemented with a voice-over narration by scientific experts of the field. In 2016, the film received financing from the National Film Centre's special fund for the 100th Anniversary of the Latvian Republic. In 2018, Baltic Tribes were nominated for a Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival award in the category of "Best Documentary". On 21 October 2018, Baltic Tribes premiered in the U.S. at the Baltic Film festival, ⁣which took place at the Scandinavian House. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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