Rimantas Gruodis
2021Upė
Julija Gruodienė, Rimantas Gruodis
The film tells the story of people living at the confluence of the Neris and Šventoji rivers, in the village of Saleninkai, next to the Jonava chemical giant. As a result of the accident at the chemical plant, the villagers on the other side of the river were evicted and the Senenians left. A dozen families still live on contaminated land. There is no longer a ferry across the Neris, there is no bus to the suburb 12 km away. The children have to cross the river daily by boat and travel about 3 km to Rukla school. Saleninkai people are engaged in casual jobs, living on benefits, pensions. How he pays, so does his own life, that of his children and grandchildren.
The River
Dievo paukšteliai
Julija Gruodienė, Rimantas Gruodis
Lithuanians who experienced the horrors of the war, calling themselves Little Birds of God (Dievo Pauksteliai stands for DP), laid the foundations of life in exile in the Displaced Persons camps and laid the foundations for further Lithuanian activities in emigration.
Dievo paukšteliai