This new documentary tells the little-known story of how hundreds of thousands of Estonians sang forbidden patriotic songs in public to rally for independence. Larry talks with Jim Tusty, co-director of The Singing Revolution, and Mart Laar, member of the Estonian Parliament, about how this nonviolent revolution helped topple an empire.
This new documentary tells the little-known story of how hundreds of thousands of Estonians sang forbidden patriotic songs in public to rally for independence. Larry talks with Jim Tusty, co-director of The Singing Revolution, and Mart Laar, member of the Estonian Parliament, about how this nonviolent revolution helped topple an empire.
Plus: Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, Peter Rainer, of the Christian Science Monitor, and Charles Solomon, animation critic, historian, and author for amazon.com, discuss many of the week's new releases including the feature films Atonement, Juno, The Walker, The Amateurs, Grace is Gone, and The Golden Compass and the documentaries, The Singing Revolution, and Oswald's Ghost.