Rolands Kalniņš: riding the Baltic New Wave with “Latvia’s Godard”
July 7, 2025
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Rolands Kalniņš: riding the Baltic New Wave with “Latvia’s Godard”
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Rolands Kalniņš: riding the Baltic New Wave with “Latvia’s Godard”
Summary
For this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal. Today, host Sam Goff reads an essay about the work of one of Baltic cinema’s great innovators, Rolands Kalniņš, aka the Latvian Godard, whose playfully political films staged a colourful protest against Soviet occupation. This piece was written by friend of the show Joshua Polanski, a critic specialising in Baltic film who listeners may remember from our episode in season three about Jonas Mekas.
Read the original piece here and read more from Joshua on Baltic film on his site. And make sure to explore Klassiki’s collection of titles from the Baltic states. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
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