The Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution by James Tusty

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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.

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Cast

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt as Self - Narrator

Heiki Ahonen

Heiki Ahonen as Self

Mari-Ann Kelam

Mari-Ann Kelam as Self

Tunne Kelam

Tunne Kelam as Self

Mart Laar

Mart Laar as Self

Marju Lauristin

Marju Lauristin as Self

Ivo Linna

Ivo Linna as Self

Tiia-Ester Loitme

Tiia-Ester Loitme as Self

Lagle Parek

Lagle Parek as Self

Arnold Rüütel

Arnold Rüütel as Self

Ingrid Rüütel

Ingrid Rüütel as Self

Edgar Savisaar

Edgar Savisaar as Self

Imre Sooäär

Imre Sooäär as Self

Hirvo Surva

Hirvo Surva as Self

Heinz Valk

Heinz Valk as Self

Trivimi Velliste

Trivimi Velliste as Self

Vaino Väljas

Vaino Väljas as Self

Gustav Ernesaks

Gustav Ernesaks as Self (archive footage)

Alo Mattiisen

Alo Mattiisen as Self (archive footage)

Lennart Meri

Lennart Meri as Self (archive footage)

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