# The Long Way Home: When Soviet Rock Met the West

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Podcast: [She's All Over the Place](https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-s-all-over-the-place-184800)
Published: 2026-01-21T18:11:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of She's All Over the Place , I had the wonderful opportunity to sit and chat with the producer, Steven Lawrence , to explore The Long Way Home: Remastered and Expanded (2026) Michael Apted's long-lost documentary about Soviet underground rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov and his extraordinary 1988 journey from Leningrad to the West during the early days of Glasnost . Filmed at a moment of rare optimism inside the USSR, the documentary follows Grebenshchikov as he records an album with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), alongside Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, Ray Cooper, and Crosby, Stills & Nash, becoming one of the first Soviet musicians to collaborate openly with Western rock stars. Remastered in 4K with new 5.1 sound and expanded with a newly created epilogue, the film now brings Boris's story up to the present: his disillusionment with post-Soviet Russia, his outspoken opposition to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine , and his eventual exile from his homeland . We discuss the film's disappearance for more than three decades, its rediscovery through MoMA's Film Preservation Festival, and why The Long Way Home now feels less like a period piece and more like a warning, a memory, and a testament to the enduring power of music to resist censorship and tyranny. MoMA EVENT WEBSITE: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11134 MoMA SOCIAL MEDIA: o Instagram: @themuseumofmodernart o Facebook: facebook.com/MuseumofModernArt (@museumofmodernart) o LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-museum-of-modern-art/ (@the- museum-of-modern-art) o TikTok: @museumofmodernart o Threads: @themuseumofmodernart o Twitter: @MoMAFilm Stay Connected with ME: https://www.chonacas.com/links/

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