The read
It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
Rock & Roll spread the sound of freedom across the Iron Curtain and throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR, despite Communist attempts to outlaw it and to crush what they perceived was a contamination of their youth. Over the next thirty years, thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western values helped fuel the nonvio- lent implosion of the Soviet regime. FREE TO ROCK features Presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who reveal how Rock & Roll music was a contributing factor in ending the Cold
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim BrownDirector
Cast
- Kiefer SutherlandNarrator (voice)
- Jimmy CarterSelf
- Mikhail GorbachevSelf
- Billy JoelSelf
- Elvis PresleySelf (archive footage)
- Mike LoveHimself
- George HarrisonSelf - The Beatles (archive footage)
- John LennonSelf - The Beatles (archive footage)
- Ringo StarrSelf - The Beatles (archive footage)
- Paul McCartneySelf - The Beatles (archive footage)