Leighton Gage visited Spain in the time of Franco, Portugal in the time of Salazar, South Africa in the time of apartheid, Chile in the time of Pinochet, Argentina in the time of the junta, Prague, East Germany, and Yugoslavia under the Communist yoke and lived and worked in Brazil at the height of the most recent military dictatorship.

Fluent in three languages, and with a good working knowledge of three more, he’s previously published a non-fiction work on television commercial production, ( O Filme Publicitário ), a book which became the standard for teaching film and video production to a generation of Brazilians and Portuguese.