Billy Joel: Trust (2014)

Showtime documentary on Billy Joel's 1987 concert tour of the Soviet Union, one of the few concert tours ever that can legitimately claim to be historic. Billy was the first American pop artist to be allowed to tour the U.S.S.R, the documentary recounts this event through footage of the concerts and media events that surrounded them, as well as present day interviews with Joel, his ex-wife Christie Brinkley (still looks amazing) and various members of the tour. I really enjoyed this doc as I'm a fan of Billy Joel's music and am fascinated by the late Soviet period, such a time of rapid change and potential, one of history's quickly forgotten great turning points. The only disappointment I have with this production is there is no follow up on what happened to Victor, the Leningrad based circus clown and rock music fan who Billy Joel befriended and eventually wrote a song about (Leningrad), I really wanted to know what happened to him. ***