- Kas atsitiko tautai? Mes žinome tik tai, ką mums praneša. Girdime tik tas nuomones, kuriomis manipuliuojama.
In the summer of 2005, two guys came up with an idea to organize an unprecedented event – a festive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s parade through the streets of Riga. Little did they know that their good intention would spiral into a chain of inconceivable events lasting several years: great emotions would be stirred up and dramatically split Latvian society, the people involved would be showered, in turn, with human excrement and holy water, families would be torn apart, jobs lost, and a priest expelled from the church for free thinking. They could not have imagined that crowds of Western ‘reinforcements’ would flock to support both sides or that Jesus, the devil, patriotism and human rights would all be used in the rhetoric surrounding the topic, and the press would eagerly report it all. Kaspars Goba worked on this film for five years. It makes one contemplate the role politicians play in manipulating people’s ideals, and ask: what is the price of democracy in Latvia?
