Disco and Atomic War (Estonian: Disko ja tuumasõda) is a 2009 Estonian documentary film written by Jaak Kilmi. In the film, Kilmi talks about illegally watching Finnish television in Communist Estonia as a boy. He describes, amongst others, how his father made special converters for Soviet television sets to watch Finnish TV, his mother made TV guides for Finnish television that he would then sell at school, and popularity of Dallas and Knight Rider in 1980s Estonia.[citation needed]
| Disco and Atomic War | |
|---|---|
| Disko ja tuumasõda | |
| Directed by | Jaak Kilmi |
| Written by | Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi |
| Produced by | Kiur Aarma, Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff |
| Cinematography | Manfred Vainokivi |
| Edited by | Lauri Kaasik |
| Music by | Ardo Ran Varres |
Production company | Eetriüksus |
Release date | April 7, 2009 (Estonia) |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Estonia |
| Language | Estonian |
Awards and nominations edit
- 2009 Warsaw Film Festival Documentary Competition: Best Documentary
- 2009 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival: Silver Eye for Best Full-Length Documentary
- 2009 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, full-length Baltic films: nomination, International Federation of Film Critics Best Baltic Film
- 7th EBS International Documentary Festival: Spirit Award
External links edit
- Disco and Atomic War at IMDb
- Holden, Stephen (November 11, 2010). "J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
