The Singing Revolution (2006)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 1, 2006Release Date
The Singing Revolution (2006)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 1, 2006Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Heiki Ahonen
Self
Gustav Ernesaks
Self
Linda Hunt
Narrator
Mari-Ann Kelam
Self
Tunne Kelam
Self
Mart Laar
Self
Marju Lauristin
Self
Ivo Linna
Self
Lagle Parek
Self
Arnold Rüütel
Self
Tiia-Ester Loitme
Self
Ingrid Rüütel
Self
Alo Mattiisen
Self
Edgar Savisaar
Self
James Tusty
Director
Imre Sooäär
Self
Maureen Castle Tusty
Director
Mike Majoros
Writer
Hirvo Surva
Self
Heinz Valk
Self
Trivimi Velliste
Self
Bestor Cram
Producer
Vaino Väljas
Self
Thor Halvorssen
Producer
Artur Talvik
Producer
Lennart Meri
Self (archive footage)
Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
Producer
Rein Kotov
Assistant Camera
John Kusiak
Composer
Richard Bock
Sound Mixer
Rein Pruul
Camera Operator
Uno Lahtein
Electrician
Jeremy Leach
Camera Operator
Miguelangel Aponte-Rios
Director of Photography
Ron Heidt
Editor
Katlin Jensen
Associate Producer
Karla Jurvetson
Executive Producer
Steve Jurvetson
Executive Producer
David B. Thayer
Associate Producer
Anu Uibo
Producer's Assistant
Chris Szwedo
Camera Operator
Media.
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The Singing Revolution is a 2006 documentary film created by Americans James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty about the nonviolent Singing Revolution in Estonia in which hundreds of thousands of Estonians gathered publicly between 1986 and 1991, in an effort to end decades of Soviet occupation. The revolutionary songs they created anchored Estonia’s non-violent struggle for freedom.