From Dorset to Burning Man: Director Hoj Jomehri on Telling Lee Burridge’s Story

There’s something quietly compelling about documentaries that manage to capture the essence of electronic music culture without resorting to the usual visual clichés or breathless narration. Hoj Jomehri’s Sound of a Dream, which had its world premiere at London’s Doc’n Roll Film Festival this October, is one of those rare films that gets it right. The American-Iranian director has created a feature-length portrait of Lee Burridge that goes beyond the typical artist documentary format, tracing four decades of evolution from a small seaside village in Dorset to the global stages that have defined modern dance music…