29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Free to Rock

Jim Brown / United States / 2017 / Czech Premiere / 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

contact

YEAGER PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Doug Yeager
300 West 55th Street
10019 / New York / United States
+1 212 245 0240 / yeagerprod@aol.com

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Siren Test
language:Russian, English
subtitles:Czech
colour:Colour

Info

director:Jim Brown
original title:Free to Rock
country:United States
year:2017
running time:61 min.

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Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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