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Roots Rock Reggae Inside the Jamaican Music Scene (2002)

Starring: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks Director: Harry Harris Rating

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Actors: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, David Gallagher, Beverley Mitchell, Mackenzie Rosman
Directors: Harry Harris
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
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Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Shanachie
VHS Release Date: July 27, 1993

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ASIN: 6301311876
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,180 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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This is item 2 in The Beats of the Heart Series.

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Fans of 1970s reggae are sure to rejoice at the chance to hear Jimmy Cliff and Joe Higgs talk about their music, to see hyperkinetic producer-musician Lee "Scratch" Perry at work in his legendary Black Ark studio (with Junior Murvin, the Heptones, and the Upsetters), and to enjoy the lively sounds of the Mighty Diamonds, Ras Michael, and U-Roy in concert. Fans of Jamaica's best-known musical export, Bob Marley and the Wailers, may be a little disappointed, however, because the documentary includes only a couple of brief performance clips--though, granted, even momentary glimpses of Mr. Music at his peak are better than none at all.

This 1977 installment of director Jeremy Marre's 14-part Beats of the Heart series also features early black-and-white footage of Jimmy Cliff and Toots & the Maytals in concert, the Gladiators in the studio, and the Abyssinians, Third World, and Inner Circle in rehearsal. Scenes of Kingston street life are interspersed with the performance footage and interviews to illustrate the narrator's claim that "Reggae music is much more than entertainment in Jamaica today. It's a powerful social force that mirrors the pressures of everyday life, putting them into words and rhythm--describing, revealing, persuading." --Kathleen C. Fennessy

From the Back Cover
Kingston, Jamaica, 1977 -- a flashpoint year for reggae music and Jamaica: police and thieves battling in the street as politicians battle for power and reggae musicians fight for peoples' souls. "Roots, Rock, Reggae" presents a rare glimpse into the roots of reggae from the rough and tumble Trenchtown ghetto to the placid hills behind Kingston where followers of Rastafari drum and sing hymns. Features performances, interviews, and studio scenes with Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, The Abysinnians, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Ras Michael & Sons of Negus, Joe Higgs and more.