Livonian Stories (1991)

Original title: Liivlaste lood. By Enn Säde. Filmed at 1988-1990, right before the collapsing of the Soviet Union. The last known native Livonian speaker, Grizelda Kristiņa, died on June 2, 2013 in Canada, being 103 years old. The last native Livonian speaker still living in Latvia, Viktors Bertholds, died at 2009. About 30 persons have learned Livonian as second language. Julgī Stalte became a folk musician. Starting from Stalti family ensemble, she is now best known as the singer of Estonian-Livonian f
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