Leonid & Friends: Behind The Music

Following on from my film "Leonid & Friends: The Story So Far", this 55 minute documentary looks at the stories behind Leonid Vorobyev&incredible band together with its progress and successes since its conception in 2015. The film is packed with Leonid & Friends music and contains an insight into the jazz-rock genre of the late sixties and seventies. It offers a fascinating look at just how western music was acquired and enjoyed by young musicians and "stilyagi" in the former USSR - despite repression from the authorities at that time. As well as including bios of key band members, the film also highlights the underlying ethos behind Leonid & Friends&success - that being that as an international language, the love of music dissolves any perceived hatred, antagonism or cross-border tensions that may exist between everyday folk throughout the world. Running time: 55mins