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Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

2024-11-01 Documentary 1hr 10m

In 1973, Leonid Samuilovich flees the USSR and lands a job at the BBC in London. Five years later, radio host Alexei Leonidov starts releasing clandestine recordings smuggled from totalitarian countries via intricate cloak-and-dagger operations. Today, 86-year-old music producer Leo Feigin sits on top of over 30.000 LPs, contemplating on the meaning of his work amidst the grim outlook of new Iron Curtains. Leo Records is a symbol of musical resistance against authoritarian regimes and a pioneer of what we now know as avant-garde.

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Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

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In 1973, Leonid Samuilovich flees the USSR and lands a job at the BBC in London. Five years later, radio host Alexei Leonidov starts releasing clandestine recordings smuggled from totalitarian countries via intricate cloak-and-dagger operations. Today, 86-year-old music producer Leo Feigin sits on top of over 30.000 LPs, contemplating on the meaning of his work amidst the grim outlook of new Iron Curtains. Leo Records is a symbol of musical resistance against authoritarian regimes and a pioneer of what we now know as avant-garde.

  • Released
    2024-11-01
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  • Runtime
    1hr 10m
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
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    Axel Film

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Ioana Grigore
Director
Ioana Grigore
Writer
Marcian Lazar
Producer
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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Taylor

Self (archive footage)
Sergei Kuryokhin

Sergei Kuryokhin

Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Chekasin

Vladimir Chekasin

Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Tarasov

Vladimir Tarasov

Self (archive footage)
Vyacheslav Ganelin

Vyacheslav Ganelin

Self (archive footage)

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