The Singing Revolution
A single nation. A million voices. The fall of an empire.
2006-12-01 | 94 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
-
Linda HuntSelf - Narrator
-
Heiki AhonenSelf
-
Mari-Ann KelamSelf
-
Tunne KelamSelf
-
Mart LaarSelf
-
Marju LauristinSelf
-
Ivo LinnaSelf
-
Tiia-Ester LoitmeSelf
-
Lagle ParekSelf
-
Arnold RüütelSelf
-
Ingrid RüütelSelf
-
Edgar SavisaarSelf
-
Imre SooäärSelf
-
Hirvo SurvaSelf
-
Heinz ValkSelf
-
Trivimi VellisteSelf
-
Vaino VäljasSelf
-
Gustav ErnesaksSelf (archive footage)
-
Alo MattiisenSelf (archive footage)
-
Lennart MeriSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
-
He's Just Not That Into You
-
The Secret of Kells
-
Joker
-
Venom
-
Titanic
-
Back to the Future
-
Forrest Gump
-
Inglourious Basterds
-
The Avengers
-
Memento
-
Kingsman: The Secret Service
-
The Shawshank Redemption
-
Oppenheimer
-
Insidious
-
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
-
Into the Wild
-
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
-
The Matrix
-
Saw
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Similar Movies
-
Stalin, the Red Tyrant
-
Winter in Wartime
-
Steal This Film II
-
A Doctor's Sword
-
To Hell and Back
-
The Neutron Bomb
-
Death of a Nation
-
El Shatt – A Blueprint for Utopia
-
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
-
It's Always Fair Weather
-
Sunshine
-
The Battle of the River Plate
-
Attack and Retreat
-
Battle of the Bulge
-
A Woman in Berlin
-
Conspiracy
-
Zeitgeist
-
WWII From Space
-
The Great Raid
-
Album(s) d'Auschwitz