Kaip Mes Žaide˙me Revoliucija . How We Played the Revolution
Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 01:07:00 The story begins in 1984, the very beginning of perestroika in the USSR, when a group of architects in Kaunas, Lithuania decided to put on a one-night gig as a New Year party prank. The joke went so well that rumors about the exciting new rock band Antis beg...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Lithuanian |
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Vildžiūnaitė, Dagnė
2011
Lithuania |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:54671ed5-d68c-4852-b2eb-06730833e5f7 |
| Summary: | Verzio9 FF Submission.
Duration: 01:07:00
The story begins in 1984, the very beginning of perestroika in the USSR, when a group of architects in Kaunas, Lithuania decided to put on a one-night gig as a New Year party prank. The joke went so well that rumors about the exciting new rock band Antis began to spread. The impressive make-up and props, the stylized showmanship and lyrics added up to a pervasive caricature of Soviet propaganda and perfectly discredited the absurdity of Soviet reality. Soon the group's intellectual clowning spawned the Rock Marches – massive events involving thousands of people. These turned into the great assemblies for Lithuanian independence that later became known as the Singing Revolution. This is a story about a small country that made headlines right across the world. |
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| Published: | 2011 |