Step Across the Border
Sep 08, 1990 | IMDB 7.9
90 min Watch NowDocumentary, Music
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.
Documentary, Music
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.
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