Those imagining that war-alliances like NATO, weapons, and war are the only options have simply not seen this film. It's an eye-opener. We learn from it that nonviolent action can be used instead of war -- any war.
(We do not learn from it any opinion on how wonderful the Soviet Union was or how horrible the Estonian government is or that Russia is the evil empire or that NATO is the evil empire, and much as we appreciate receiving friendly emails on all of these topics, they're off-topic, except in the sense that learning we don't need war will help us learn to stop seeing the world in black-and-white as good and evil. :-)
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Q&A discussion with the filmmakers on September 10, 2022, at 2 p.m.
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Most people don’t think about
singing when they think about revolution. But song was the weapon of
choice when Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet
occupation. The Singing Revolution is an inspiring account of
one nation’s dramatic rebirth. It is the story of humankind’s
irrepressible drive for freedom and self-determination.
The Singing Revolution shares how, between 1987 and 1991,
hundreds of thousands of Estonians gathered publicly to sing forbidden
patriotic songs and share protest speeches, risking their lives to
proclaim their desire for independence. While violence and bloodshed was
the unfortunate end result in other occupied nations of the USSR, the
revolutionary songs of the Estonians anchored their struggle for
freedom, which was ultimately accomplished without the loss of a single
life.
The Singing Revolution
tells the moving and dramatic story of how the Estonian people
peacefully regained their freedom–and helped topple an empire along the
way.
See the film and then discuss it with its makers.
“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 are the primary
filmmakers of The Singing Revolution.
They conceived the film, meticulously researched the subject matter,
and worked collaboratively as Producers/Directors/Writers on the
project. Prior to The Singing Revolution, they have separately
and together produced hundreds of programs, including television
programs, TV commercials, and international corporate films. They have
shot films in over forty countries around the world, on every continent
except Antarctica. Since The Singing Revolution, they founded
Sky Films Incorporated, a company dedicated to documentary films that
celebrate the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Sky Films Inc.
has produced multiple full-length documentary films for television
broadcast: India Awakes, To Breathe as One, Economic Freedom in Action:
Changing Lives and Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story. Maureen Castle
Tusty and James Tusty live in
upstate New York with their daughter, two cats, a dog, a lizard and
three chickens.
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