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G50 filma
Join Garezers in the production!
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garezers 50th anniversary documentary
some faces in the film
 Līga Ejupe: Ainava |  Gints Grinbergs: Metināšana |
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 Pludmales malas sargs - Džoko |  Keramika! Sveiks Uldi! |
 GVV Direktrise Sandra Sipols |  Kantīnē - Marite Grinberga |
 Eriks Kore, tūrē ar laivu Dūņezerā |  Virtuvē svin ar kliņģeri |
 Izlaiduma akts |
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The Story
Each summer, for six weeks, Garezers is open to just over 300 campers. Adjacent to the camp is a resort area for parents, alumni, and friends. While many
immigrant communities dissipate after 3 generations abroad, Garezers continues to operate, 50 years since it was founded in 1965.
What keeps Garezers going?
The film follows campers of all ages, from eight year olds learning everything from Latvian traditional pottery to competition speed walking, to high schoolers studying for oral exams (biļetes) on subjects from Latvian grammar to Latvia's GNP past midnight.
We meet graduates of the first class from the sixties, and even a few who were there when Garezers went from concept to reality. Viewers get a first-person experience riding on the truck on the infamous "Garbage Run", and learn volleyball from Olympic gold medalist Aldis Bērziņš, who got his start in the sport
at Garezers.
Meet The Production Team:
Māra Pelēcis
Director/Producer
Mara was invited by Garezers to create
this film for their 50th anniversary. Her work includes ethnographic documentaries on Latvian subjects from music in diaspora to converations on national and cultural identity in Latvia.
Her film "Surviving the Peace" was recently chosen for the DocFest Pitch Competition at The Paley Center for Media, New York.
Cory (Korijs) McLeod
Co-Director/Producer
Cory has directed over 20 productions
from theater to television and film.
Cory's storytelling is now most often seen with his interative work. In 2014, he directed the site for The Riga Ghetto Museum in Latvia.
rgm.lv received web pick of the week by Communication Arts and work has continued with documentary shorts.
Linda Treija
Artist and Illustrator
Linda Treija has been actively working as an artist for 20 years. Currently the president of the American Latvian Artists Association, Linda has taught art in Garezers for over ten years. She illustrated the 2014 publication of Anna Brigadere's classic, "The Annele Trilogy".
Musicians of Garezers
Soundtrack
The score of the film will include music
by Garezers summer campers,
and their teachers, musicians
in their own right, including "All Folked Up"
with Pauls Berkolds, Imanta Nigale,
Ariana Ule, and Kristina Vitolina.