Cinematheque 5, Tel-Aviv
Thursday, November 18, 2021, 16:30 – Tickets
A conversation with director Romas Zabarauskas will be held after the screening
We Will Riot // Streikas
Director & Writer: Romas Zabarauskas
Producer: Romas Zabarauskas
Cast: Ebeneezer Nii Sowah, Beata Tiskevic, Sarunas Zenkevicius
Lithuania, 76 min, 2013, Lithuanian & English with Hebrew translation
Festivals:
Moscow International Film Festival 2013 – premiere
European Independent Film Festival, France 2013
Commffest Community Film Festival, Canada 2013
Bushwick Film Festival, USA 2013
Mix Mexico Festival 2013
Talinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia 2013
In association with the embassy of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Film Center
Luke is a DJ from a well-off New York family with a Lithuanian father and an African-American mother. When Luke’s estranged grandmother contacts him from Lithuania, he decides to visit despite his parents’ objections, flying straight to the capital Vilnius. Luke falls in love with the city, a wayward young woman Marta, and the underground music scene spearheaded by a combative gay promoter Andy. Soon after accepting an offer to become the manager of a new nightclub from the city’s municipality, arranged through grandma’s connections, Luke learns that the deal has strings attached.