Disco & Atomic War
OT: Disko ja tuumasõda
Jaak Kilmi | Estonia, 2009
Documentary Feature | FF2009
Story
In 1971 a new television tower in Helsinki enabled the Estonian neighbours to receive Finnish TV. As a result, antennas sprouted from the rooftops in and around Tallinn by the thousands. Estonians were introduced to disco shows, freestyle dancing and Dallas. But the Estonian government struck back! A jamming transmitter was developed to stop the enemy transmissions. In the exact moment when J.R. was shot! A gripping documentary film about the struggle and subsequent defeat of a totalitarian system versus pop culture.
Director
JAAK KILMI (*1973) studied film direction in Tallinn and made numerous commercials before turning to documentaries. The Dissidents is his third feature.Trailer
Info
Disko ja tuumasõda
Documentary Feature
Estonian, Finnish, English, Russian
Agenda 09 | FF2009
Estonia
2009
78 min
OV
Jaak Kilmi
Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi
Gerda Viira, Oskar Vuks, Toomas Pool, Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Kiur Aarma
Manfred Vainokivi, Kristjan Svirgsden, Asko Kase
Lauri Laasik
Ardo Ran Varres
The Estonian Film Foundation, Uus 3, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia, Tel: +372 6 27 60 60, Fax: + 372 6 27 60 61, email: film@efsa.ee, www.efsa.ee
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