X-Ray Audio: The Documentary

Overview

Cold War Leningrad: In a culture where the recording industry was ruthlessly controlled by the state, music lovers discovered an extraordinary alternative means of reproduction: they repurposed used x-ray film as the base for records of forbidden songs. Giving blood every week to earn enough money to buy a recording lathe, one bootlegger Rudy Fuchs cuts banned music onto such discarded x-rays to be sold on street corners by shady dealers. It was ultimate act of punk resistance, a two-fingered salute to the repressive regime that gave a generation of young Soviets access to forbidden Western and Russian music, an act for which Rudy and his fellow bootleggers would pay a heavy price.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 11, 2016

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Russian

Countries

United Kingdom

Director

Stephen Coates,Paul Heartfield

Writer

Stephen Coates

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt5489506