Idiosyncratic documentarian Les Blank followed Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell in the early 1970s. The brilliant result, A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON, was never released due to issues with musical rights. Thanks to Janus Films, who have restored the film and made it possible to screen. A collage of performance footage, verite glimpses into life at Russell's artistic compound, and unclassifiable odds and ends, this is a portrait that only Les Blank could create
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