The profile of one of the most important figures of the National Renaissance, Josif Bageri, came in the National History Museum (NHM) through the documentary called �The Last of the Renaissants�, directed by Kujtim Gjonaj. The documentary was based on a screenplay written by Miradie Maliqi and Anxhelina Xharra and presented the audience with different moments from Bageri�s life, shedding light on this rare character activity in poetry and prose.
It was realized thanks to funding from the Film Agency of the Republic of Macedonia and the National Center for Cinematography in Albania.
Josif Bageri was born in Nistrovo in the Upper Reka region near Mavrovo and Rostu�a Municipality, Republic of Macedonia, to an Orthodox family. As a young man he emigrated to Sofia where he found work as a cobbler and became interested in the Albanian nationalist movement. In January 1893, Bageri was a founding member of the Deshira (The Desire) cultural society there, and was profoundly moved by a meeting with the dying Rilindja poet, Naim Frasheri in Istanbul in late 1899. Bageri recognised education as the key to the Albanian nationalist awakening and was active, particularly in the year 1905-1907, in promoting Albanian-language schools and learning. From May 1909 to 1911, he published a fortnightly Albanian-language newspaper in Sofia called �Shqypeja e Shqypenis�.