Enn Säde

Livonians are among the smallest Finno-Ugric nations still existing today. They are the closest kindred people to Estonians and Livonian language is the closest one to Estonian language. Currently, there are only a few dozens of speakers of Livonian language left and even for them Livonian is not their native tongue. However, there are about 200 people who consider themselves as Livonians; most of them live in Riga, Ventspils and Kūolka, Latvia. Livonian coast in Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian) once had twelve villages inhabited by Livonian people - now there is no one left there who would fluently speak the language. Only a few people can speak the story of their small nation in their own native language. The documentary has been filmed in 1988 and 1990 in Livonian villages on Courland peninsula and in Riga, Latvia. Archival materials dating back to the years of 1940 and 1966 have been also used in the film.

Heino Pedusaar (born in 1931) was a sound director in Eesti Raadio. He has collected old audio records all around Estonia. For already twenty years he has been actively involved in restoring Estonian cultural heritage. Filmmakers follow his trip to Mooste in Põlva county and observe his skillful work in restoring old audio records.

The documentary tries to clarify the fate of the film "Leelo" - whose script title was "Singing Estonian". Enn Säde searched the archives for footage from the central committee sessions and detailed documents about both the 1947 and 1969 parties and the preparations of the films made about them.

Enn Säde's documentary about the Estonian filmmaker Jüri Müür (1929-1984) who was his colleague and friend.

Nelli, a retired former village postman, rides a bicycle along her old postal route through the fading villages of Southern Estonia.

Expressively bold and critical documentary about the failure of the Socialist production system in the Soviet agriculture.

Livonians are among the smallest Finno-Ugric nations still existing today. They are the closest kindred people to Estonians and Livonian language is the closest one to Estonian language. Currently, there are only a few dozens of speakers of Livonian language left and even for them Livonian is not their native tongue. However, there are about 200 people who consider themselves as Livonians; most of them live in Riga, Ventspils and Kūolka, Latvia. Livonian coast in Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian) once had twelve villages inhabited by Livonian people - now there is no one left there who would fluently speak the language. Only a few people can speak the story of their small nation in their own native language. The documentary has been filmed in 1988 and 1990 in Livonian villages on Courland peninsula and in Riga, Latvia. Archival materials dating back to the years of 1940 and 1966 have been also used in the film.

Heino Pedusaar (born in 1931) was a sound director in Eesti Raadio. He has collected old audio records all around Estonia. For already twenty years he has been actively involved in restoring Estonian cultural heritage. Filmmakers follow his trip to Mooste in Põlva county and observe his skillful work in restoring old audio records.

Heino Pedusaar (born in 1931) was a sound director in Eesti Raadio. He has collected old audio records all around Estonia. For already twenty years he has been actively involved in restoring Estonian cultural heritage. Filmmakers follow his trip to Mooste in Põlva county and observe his skillful work in restoring old audio records.

The documentary tries to clarify the fate of the film "Leelo" - whose script title was "Singing Estonian". Enn Säde searched the archives for footage from the central committee sessions and detailed documents about both the 1947 and 1969 parties and the preparations of the films made about them.

The documentary tries to clarify the fate of the film "Leelo" - whose script title was "Singing Estonian". Enn Säde searched the archives for footage from the central committee sessions and detailed documents about both the 1947 and 1969 parties and the preparations of the films made about them.

Enn Säde's documentary about the Estonian filmmaker Jüri Müür (1929-1984) who was his colleague and friend.

Enn Säde's documentary about the Estonian filmmaker Jüri Müür (1929-1984) who was his colleague and friend.

Nelli, a retired former village postman, rides a bicycle along her old postal route through the fading villages of Southern Estonia.

Nelli, a retired former village postman, rides a bicycle along her old postal route through the fading villages of Southern Estonia.

Expressively bold and critical documentary about the failure of the Socialist production system in the Soviet agriculture.

Expressively bold and critical documentary about the failure of the Socialist production system in the Soviet agriculture.