Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1996)

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.

Released Aug. 30, 1996 81 min None+

Genres: Documentary

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