The Singing Revolution
A single nation. A million voices. The fall of an empire.
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. "The young people, without any political party, and without any politicians, just came together ... not only tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands ... to gather and to sing and to give this nation a new spirit," remarks Mart Laar, a Singing Revolution leader featured in the film and the first post-Soviet Prime Minister of Estonia. "This was the idea of the Singing Revolution." James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty's "The Singing Revolution" tells the moving story of how the Estonian people peacefully regained their freedom--and helped topple an empire along the way.
Directed by Maureen Castle Tusty · Written by Mike Majoros
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Cast
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Linda Hunt Self - Narrator -
Heiki Ahonen Self -
Mari-Ann Kelam Self -
Tunne Kelam Self -
Mart Laar Self -
Marju Lauristin Self -
Ivo Linna Self -
Tiia-Ester Loitme Self -
Lagle Parek Self -
Arnold Rüütel Self -
Ingrid Rüütel Self -
Edgar Savisaar Self
Make it a double feature
3h 5m together
The Singing Revolution
She Rises Up
Both from Maureen Castle Tusty.
