The Baltic Freedom Way

A film about the events that set the Baltic States on a historic path after proclaiming independence in the early 20th century The first attempts for closer ties were made during the 1920s and 1930s but they couldnt avoid losing independence again during WWII The greatest example of Baltic States cooperation was the joint demonstration against the MolotovRibbentrop Pact on August 23rd 1989 the Baltic Way in which almost 2 million people joined hands and created a human chain from Tallinn to Riga to Vilnius It was a huge step towards the reestablishment of independence during the collapse of the USSR a year later The Baltic Way was the catalyst for the process that led to the reality in which we now live the great social economic and political transitions of the 1990s and the reintegration into the European cultural economic and political milieu The Baltic Way was the collaboration of the 3 sisterstates forging ahead side by side in joy and sorrow