Reception
The film received largely positive critical acclaim, winning several awards at the film festivals at which it was shown, including "Best Documentary" (co-winner) and the "Diane Passage Jury Prize" at the 2007 Savannah Film Festival, and "Most Inspirational Film" at the Boulder International Film Festival in 2008. It also received a "Certified Fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes, with largely positive reviews critics, who often applauded its informative and inspirational style - Film Critic Robert W. Butler said of the film, "If The Singing Revolution were a fictional film it would be dismissed as a pie-in-the-sky fantasy. But it's all true."
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