28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Free to Rock
director: Jim Brown
original title: Free to Rock
country: United States
year: 2017
running time: 61 min.
synopsis
How the pleasure from the sound of electric guitars and rock and roll helped break down Communist power in the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, the desire of thousands of amateur and underground bands for Western-style freedom became a nonviolent opposition force. Even the CIA and the KGB understood the power of rock and roll. The film maps the Soviet music scene from 1955 to 1991 from an American perspective.biography
Jim Brown (1950) is best known for his music documentaries, on which he has collaborated with many leading musicians from around the world. He has received numerous awards for his work, including four Emmys, most recently in 2007 for Pete Seeger: The Power of Song.more about film
| director: | Jim Brown |
| producer: | Doug Yeager, Jim Brown, Nick Binkley, Stas Namin |
| script: | Doug Yeager, Nick Binkley, Valery Saifudinov |
| photography: | Jim Brown, Peter Pilafian, Masha Keder, Tevo Diaz, Dylan Thuraz |
| editing: | Pat Murphy, Paul Petrissans, Jason L. Pollard |
| sound: | Heather Smith |
