When 2 million people held hands and sang their way out of the USSR.
The film, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Popular Front of Latvia, shows the most important turning points in the history of the Latvian National Awakening and Singing Revolution, as well as the rebirth of Latvian national symbols and values. In The Path to Baltic Freedom the authors focus on lesser known pages of history – the influence of perestroika on the early national movements of the 1980s, the role and participation of the Secret Service and the Communist Party in the newly-forming mass movements and their wish to guide or at least control them. The history of the Popular Front is shown not only until their victory in the first free elections in the history of the USSR that resulted in the restoration of independence for the Baltic states; the film also includes the decline of the organization after it had reached the most crucial of its goals.
Direction
Saulītis weaves KGB files with home video intimacy.
Editing
Perestroika TV clips collide with secret police transcripts.
Director
Askolds Saulītis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1989 Baltic Way human chain stretched 675 km from Tallinn to Vilnius—still the longest unbroken protest line in history.
Andris Keišs, the narrator, is actually one of Latvia's most celebrated stage actors—his voice carries theatrical weight that elevates dry archive footage.
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