Becoming Led Zeppelin + Director Q&A12A

Directed by Bernard MacMahon | UK/USA | 2025 | 2h 1m

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. His multi-award-winning film lets you experience their astonishing ascent as if you were there and has been hailed by audiences and critics as a game-changing cinematic musical event.

Join us for a one-off screening followed by a Q&A with director Bernard MacMahon and producer/screenwriter Allison McGourty, hosted by Film Editor at The Guardian, Andrew Pulver.

To celebrate Becoming Led Zeppelin becoming the highest grossing music documentary this decade, all advance ticket buyers will receive an exclusive art print signed by director Bernard MacMahon and will be entered into a raffle with five winners receiving a 30” x 40” Becoming Led Zeppelin Quad poster, signed by director Bernard MacMahon and producer Allison McGourty.

Reviews

“Bernard MacMahon’s terrific, archive-stuffed documentary is an extraordinary slice of rock history”
Simon Wardell, The Guardian

“It’s simply magnificent – the sheer excitement of their collective self-discovery is brilliantly conveyed”
★★★★★
Andrew Perry, Mojo

“A riveting blast of documentary film making at its best”
Simon Cosyns, The Sun

“I’ve been listening to Led Zeppelin music for as long as it’s been around and I’ve never heard it sound like it sounds in the movie. It is thrilling – breathtaking”
Rick Rubin

“That film rearranged my molecules”
Taj Mahal

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We showed Becoming Led Zeppelin + Director Q&A between March 29, 2025 and July 7, 2026.

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