The revolution was filmed on 35mm — and the cameramen are finally talking.
Some of the most iconic images in Latvian visual history were taken 30 years ago, when the so-called Singing Revolution took place. This documentary that includes well-known and previously unseen 35 mm footage, is about those who took these shots, told in their own voices, their own emotions and memories.
Cinematography
Unseen 35mm footage that somehow survived three decades.
Direction
Pipars lets cameramen speak — no narration needed.
Editing
Seamless weave of then and now, image and voice.
Director
Romualds Pipars
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Singing Revolution (1987-1991) saw 2 million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians join hands in a 675km human chain — the footage here captures what CNN missed.
Director Pipars spent 7 years tracking down cameramen who'd scattered across Europe; two had died before he found them, their footage lost forever.
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