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The Path to Baltic Freedom

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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.

Featured Crew

Askolds Saulītis
Director
Askolds Saulītis
Writer
Askolds Saulītis
Producer
Askolds Saulītis
Editor
Edgars Engīzers
Writer
Dainis Īvāns
Writer
Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Director of Photography
Ilze Jaunberga
Art Direction

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