The Singing Revolution
Directed by Maureen Castle Tusty, James Tusty
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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Linda HuntSelf - Narrator
Heiki AhonenSelf
Mari-Ann KelamSelf
Tunne KelamSelf
Mart LaarSelf
Marju LauristinSelf
Ivo LinnaSelf
Tiia-Ester Loitme
Lagle ParekSelf
Arnold RüütelSelf
Ingrid RüütelSelf
Edgar SavisaarSelfExplore the crew
- Producer
- Artur Talvik
- Editor
- Ron Heidt
- Director
- Maureen Castle Tusty
- Editor
- Mike Majoros
- Writer
- James Tusty
- Director of Photography
- Miguelangel Aponte-Rios
- Producer
- Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
- Director
- James Tusty
- Producer
- Bestor Cram
- Writer
- Mike Majoros
- Producer
- Maureen Castle Tusty
- Writer
- Maureen Castle Tusty
- Original Music Composer
- John Kusiak
- Producer
- James Tusty
- Producer
- Thor Halvorssen