Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

1h 10min

Documentary

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.

Cast

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)

Release date

1st Nov 2024

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English