On Wednesday, November 11, at 18:30, you are warmly invited to a screening of the latest documentary film by director Ramun\u0117 Rakauskait\u0117, \u201cA Village Like This in America\u201d (60 min., A Propos Studio, 2025), at the Antakalnis Eldership. The director will attend the event and will be happy to answer questions from the audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Village Like This in America\u201d<\/strong> is an uplifting film about how Lithuanians who fled to America after World War II came up with the idea in the 1950s of establishing a summer camp for young people, where they could spend the summer communicating with one another in Lithuanian as much as possible.<\/p>\n Five years later, after several enthusiasts had raised the necessary funds, a farm was purchased in the state of Michigan, where construction and landscaping work began. The location was remarkably reminiscent of Lithuania. The Lithuanian-American camp \u201cDainava\u201d became an inseparable part of life for many emigrants \u2013 their Lithuanian \u201cvillage\u201d, whose natural surroundings and landscape strongly resemble those of Lithuania.<\/p>\n Director R. Rakauskait\u0117 has more than twenty years of experience as a filmmaker. She writes screenplays and is actively involved in the film industry, but is best known as a documentary filmmaker. One of the recurring themes in her work is the history of Lithuanians living abroad.<\/p>\n In 2026, the film was nominated for a Silver Crane Award in the Best Feature-Length Documentary category.<\/p>\n The event is organised by the Antakalnis Community Association and the public institution Meno Arena.<\/p>\n The events are supported by Vilnius City Municipality and the Antakalnis Eldership.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":238215,"template":"","categories":[12],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[],"class_list":["post-238214","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nemokami-renginiai"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t