Stanislavs Tokalovs and Teodora Markova, showrunners of Latvian comedy-drama Padomju džinsi (Soviet Jeans), discuss crossing borders with comedy for this story of a rock music fan who starts an illegal clothing line inside a psychiatric hospital.

While communist agencies were naturally concerned with spies and nuclear weapons during the Cold War, the encroachment of Western culture, such as denim jeans and rock music, proved equally problematic...