Picturehouse Central is delighted to welcome Becoming Led Zeppelin director Bernard MacMahon and the producer Allison McGourty for a live Q&A following a screening of the film on Wednesday 28th May, hosted by Scared To Dance’s Paul Richards. Tickets and information are listed through the Picturehouse Central’s website. The film has hd an extended release in theaters due to record sales for a music documentary and also on VOD and stream services via Sony Pictures Classics.
Becoming Led Zeppelin has redefined the modern rock documentary experience by using an innovative approach that breaks from traditional rock documentary formats to deliver a unique narrative focused on the band’s rise. The film has broken several box-office records since release including becoming the highest-grossing music film in IMAX history, and to date has exceeded $12million in worldwide earnings. It is currently the most successful documentary of 2025.
Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds, providing an unparalleled look at the how the rock band came together as audiences witness firsthand the formation of their first two official tours and the creation of their history-making, self-titled debut and sophomore albums. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, interviews, performances and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story, with unprecedented access to the group and their archives that solidifies the film as the definitive Led Zeppelin documentary. The hybrid docu-concert film also unveils a huge amount of rare and unseen Led Zeppelin performance footage. The result is a visceral musical experience that will transport audiences into the concert halls and musical lives of Led Zeppelin during their earliest tours, accompanied by intimate, exclusive commentary from the famously private band. It is a movie that almost didn’t come to fruition – the filmmakers were up against epic challenges, including the fact that hardly any footage from the band’s early period existed. MacMahon and producer Allison McGourty embarked on a global detective search for material to illustrate the band’s story.
Notes to Editors
Becoming Led Zeppelin is directed by the award-winning, Emmy® and BAFTA® nominated Bernard MacMahon (AMERICAN EPIC), and written by MacMahon and BAFTA® nominated producer Allison McGourty.
Scared To Dance are independent club night, live music, film screening and book event promoters founded by Paul Richards in 2009. The club plays post-punk, indiepop, new wave and art rock music and is on the first Saturday of the month at The Victoria and the third Saturday of the month at The Shacklewell Arms in London. We also host club nights in Berlin, Glasgow and Brighton.
Synopsis
Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.
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