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A dedicated group of Canadian Latvian immigrants unite across generations in the “Daugaviņa” dance group to preserve their ancestral traditions through folk dance and journey to Latvia to participate in one of the biggest folk dance festivals in the world.
The Latvian Nationwide Song and Dance Festival, held every five years, is one of the world’s largest folk dance events, with nearly three times the participants of the Olympic Games but rarely seen globally. It represents the enduring preservation of Latvian culture—a tradition fiercely upheld by the diaspora during Soviet occupation.
More Than a Dance follows “Daugaviņa” as they prepare for this momentous festival. Capturing their journey to Latvia, it explores their search for belonging between two homes, the challenge of maintaining cultural traditions in a globalized world and their profound reconnection with their roots.
London Baltic Film Festival presents this special screening of More Than a Dance (Vairāk kā deja) on Latvia’s Restoration of Independence Day, a significant Latvian National holiday commemorating the day in 1990 when Latvia declared independence from the USSR after being annexed and occupied by the Soviet regime for five decades.
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