The Crossing: Searching for My Baltic German Ancestry and Discovering Latvia

Armed with a handful of photos and a cryptic written sketch of the

identity of his Great, Great Grandfathers, Charlie Maddaus travels

to post-Soviet Latvia to discover the complex fabric of his ancestry.

Ensuing visits unveil not only the identities of his forebearers and

their creative endeavors, but the First Awakening of Latvian

history. In the process the unique culture of Latvia, its literature,

art, song and dance come alive.