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15. Dec '23
Kurbads participates in the making of a film about the basketball team “TTT“
Patriotism is the foundation of Kurbads. We are known for preserving the national identity of Latvia and protecting our ancestral heritage by adorning our vehicle carriers with national heroes and symbols of strength. We are therefore very pleased that the film production team approached Kurbads as a cooperation partner to take part in the film, to ensure the delivery of historic cars to and from the filming locations. It is a great way for us to get involved and support the cultural heritage of Latvia, opening up new pages of our country’s history and strengthening our national identity.
The aim of the film is to educate, inspire and emotionally engage audiences across Latvia to work together in building a strong national identity based on national values.
The transport and logistics company Kurbads supports the latest film of Dzintars Dreibergs, In the Hoop. The Birth of the TTT Legend (Tīklā. TTT leģendas dzimšana) by transporting historic cars. This historical drama tells the story of the greatest women’s basketball team of the 20th century – “TTT“.
The producer of the film In the Hoop. The Birth of the TTT Legend, Inga Praņevska, appreciates the contribution to the film. “We are happy and grateful that Kurbads is helping us to tell great stories about Latvia. Already when we were working on the film Blizzard of Souls (Dvēseļu putenis), we felt that we had met the right people – our own people. We are united in the conviction that we should be proud of Latvian achievements and respect Latvian values. When we see the authentic historical cars in the footage of the new film In the Hoop. The Birth of the TTT Legend, we will know that it was Kurbads who brought them to the film set from the collectors of old cars with great responsibility and understanding of its work. The company’s contribution is not just about logistics – at the end of the day, for the viewers of the film, it is a journey through time, and new pages of Latvian history are being highlighted”, explains I. Praņevska, the producer of the film about the successful cooperation.
Toms Hartmanis, the head of Logistics at Kurbads: “We are proud to be able to travel back in time and witness the birth of the basketball team TTT. We were able to do this thanks to the film team, who approached us to do what we do best – transport historic cars. It was a very great responsibility, to be carried out with the utmost care. We are pleased that Kurbads is known not only in the transport sector, but also in the cultural industry. Our drivers carry the name of Latvia across Europe and further. We wish that the message of the film goes as far and beyond.”
About the film
The film In the Hoop. The Birth of a TTT Legend is about the greatest women’s basketball team of the 20th century, unrivalled anywhere in the world. The TTT team is included in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning 12 consecutive USSR Championship gold medals and the European Champions Cup 18 times, which today would be comparable to the FIBA Europa League. The story of the film is based on historical events of the post-war years in Soviet Latvia and the main character – the Latvian basketball player and coach, one of the golden girls of TTT, Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa.
