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March's Artefact of the Month is dedicated to the most popular Latvian playwright of the Soviet period, Gunārs Priede (1928–2000); March 17th would have been his 90th birthday. The MLM's artefact for this month tells a story about the period of the Latvian National Awakening and during the 1990s – a time of transition, when Latvia was able to shake off the shackles of the Soviet occupation, becoming a free and independent country.

Izstāde veltīta latviešu aktierkino sākotnei, aptuveni divdesmit gadu ilgam laika posmam pirms Otrā pasaules kara. Amerikas kino vēsturē šo laiku dēvē par Holivudas zelta laikmetu, Latvijā tikmēr ar ierobežotiem tehniskajiem līdzekļiem, bet ar lielu entuziasmu mazos filmu uzņēmumos tapa pirmās filmas.