Free To Rock How Rock Roll Brought Down The Wall

Broadcast on PBS stations and worldwide, Free To Rock is a multi-award winning documentary film directed by 4-time Emmy® winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. It captures the dramatic - and at times even humorous - story of how rock and roll was feared and repressed by the Soviet authorities, making it all the more popular and the ultimate symbol of freedom across Eastern Europe. We see that Rock & Roll tore a hole in the Iron Curtain and spread like a virus across the Soviet Union despite Communist attempts to outlaw it. Thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western freedoms helped fuel the nonviolent implosion of the Soviet regime. Free To Rock features presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West and the Soviet Union who reveal how Rock & Roll music helped bring down The Wall. This 10-year production features interviews and performances including: Presidents Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev and Latvian President Vike-Freiberga, Former KGB General Oleg Kalugin, Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Elton John, Billy Joel, Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper (The Wall - Live in Berlin), Metallica, Stas Namin, Pits "Pete" Anderson, Boris Grebenshikov, Andrey Makarevich, Valery Saifudinov, Yuri Schevchuk and more. Bonus disk: Rockin The Kremlin: Outtakes & Original Stories Behind the Making of Free To Rock (123 min.) The 10-year journey behind FREE TO ROCK outtakes, additional scenes, never before seen footage, commentary and historical insights. Created by Nick Binkley, Doug Yeager and Russian rock star Valery Saifudinov.