Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends 2024 Directed by Ioana Grigore

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.

Country USA

Production Country Romania

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Axel Film

Release Date 1 November 2024

70 mins

Cast

Leo Feigin Self

Lora Denisenko Self

Alex Kan Self

Ioana Grigore Self

Cecil Taylor Self (archive footage)

Sergei Kuryokhin Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Chekasin Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Tarasov Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Ganelin Self (archive footage)

Carolyn Hume Self

Paul May Self

Crew

Director

Ioana Grigore

Writer

Ioana Grigore

Producer

Marcian Lazar

Executive Producers

Iulia Weiss

Ioana Grigore

Cinematography

Paul Chirila

Ioana Grigore

Editor

Cristian Georgescu

Sound

Matei Vasilache