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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Linda Hunt as Self - Narrator
Heiki Ahonen as Self
Mari-Ann Kelam as Self
Tunne Kelam as Self
Mart Laar as Self
Marju Lauristin as Self
Ivo Linna as Self
Tiia-Ester Loitme as Self
Lagle Parek as Self
Arnold Rüütel as Self
Ingrid Rüütel as Self
Edgar Savisaar as Self
Imre Sooäär as Self
Hirvo Surva as Self
Heinz Valk as Self
Trivimi Velliste as Self
Vaino Väljas as Self
Gustav Ernesaks as Self (archive footage)
Alo Mattiisen as Self (archive footage)
Lennart Meri as Self (archive footage)
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