Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein

Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein

2017 · 1 season · 3 eps · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

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Suzy explores how the power of music to rouse our emotions gave it a crucial role in some of the most turbulent years of the 20th century.

Directed by Helena Braun

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