Last we night, we saw James Tusty’s phenomenal documentary The Singing Revolution at D.C.’s E Street Theater. It’s the story of how the nation of Estonia–a people who’ve put under the boot of many a totalitarian regime over the years–won independence from the Soviet Union through singing. And that’s really not an exaggeration. The country literally sang its way to freedom, without spilling a drop of blood. It’s a moving story of culture triumphing over oppression.

One of the revolutionaries, Maat Laar, is now the prime minister of Estonia, and has since helped make Estonia one of the freest countries on earth. Laar’s also the 2006 winner of the Cato Institute’s Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

Here’s the official website. And here’s a listing of where the movie’s showing right now.

We also had an event with Tusty at reason headquarters a few months ago.

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