Fly Bird, Fly
The story of the Hungarian folk revival, which started in the 1970s, and its continuing legacy today.
Fly Bird, Fly © Music Hungary
Hungarian folk was the only grassroots musical movement in the Eastern Bloc.
Why did it happen, and how did rural peasant music become a significant movement in the city and had an effect on the regime change? Filmed in Budapest, Warsaw and Transylvanian villages with eye-catching archive and new dance scene recordings.
Genre Documentary
Production year 2020
Duration 60'
Producer Music Hungary
TV Director Simon Broughton
Distribution TV Auditorium Films
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