Vappuhumua 1938

Directed by Ama Jokinen

Vappuhumua, filmed by Ama Jokinen, is a rarity from the late 1930s, a great experimental short film about the May Day celebrations of Helsinki residents. It offers excitement and unique angles using prism optics. This May Day photo truly lives and breathes, in a word, swings. "You had the desire to hug and I had the skill to do it..."