Europos Parkas. The Beginning

The black-and-white film has captured unique shots that reveal the beginning of the creation of Europos Parkas (European Park), the progress, events, portraits of famous artists. In parallel, director Algirdas Tarvydas shows images and events of the reviving Lithuania: Proclamation of Independence, assault on the TV tower and the Press House building, funeral of the victims of January 13, and other moments of our nation’s self-determination. The film “Europos Parkas. The Beginning” by Algirdas Tarvydas covers more than a quarter-century period of history, it is like a chronicle of historical memory, the story of the evolution of Europos parkas, one of the symbols of identity of revived Lithuania.