Rare Leon Russell documentary to screen Wednesday in L.A.

Pianist-singer-songwriter-producer Leon Russell is the subject of the music documentary "A Poem Is a Naked Person," which will be screened Wednesday at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Russell will take part in a question-and-answer session with Harrod Blank, son of filmmaker Les Blank, that will be moderated by music producer T Bone Burnett. (Courtesy of Les Blank Films)Filmmaker Les Blank created some of the most engaging music documentaries ever during his four decades traveling off the beaten path, capturing Cajun music, zydeco, Tex-Mex and other cross-cultural regional music of the Americas. Yet his first feature-length documentary has remained unreleased for more than 40 years.

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