The Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution traces the history of Estonia and the Baltic region from its very roots between 5,000 to 8,000 years ago through to the Singing Revolution. It tells of the conquests that Germans, Danes, Swedes, Poles and Russians had over the country and the many hands that this small nation passed through over the centuries. After 50 years of rule by the oppressive Soviet regime, the people of Estonia gave life to a grassroots movement for change by staging passionate rallies and singing forbidden patriotic songs.

James and Maureen Castle Tusty’s moving documentary recounts Estonia’s fight for independence from Soviet occupation, telling the remarkable story of the hundreds of thousands of protesters who gathered in public to voice their dissent through song.

The movie concentrates on acts of peaceful defiance of Estonians against their Russian occupiers through peaceful protests. This gentle people love music so much, they lovingly hand-craft pianos as one of their major industries — if only 400 per year. The story is one of the step-by-step reestablishment of Estonians independence without violence and through mass demonstrations of unity and singing.

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