WorldBeat Reggae Film Nights February 3, 2006

Featuring Classic Reggae Feature Films , Documentaries and Concert footage from WorldBeat Live Concerts

Fri Feb 3rd.

8 pm "One Love" 10 pm "Time Will Tell "

Sat Feb 4th

8 pm "Rockers 10 pm "Stepping Razor"

Free
One Love

A Jamaican movie about forbidden love between a reggae musician of the Rastafarian faith and the lead singer of a church choir and a pastor's daughter. Starring Mr. Ky-Mani Marley and Ms. Cherine Anderson.How love eventually overcomes the differences of the two worlds - Christian and Rastafarian - is the premise of the movie

Time will Tell

Anyone interested in Bob Marley will learn much about the man, the music and the myth associated with the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, the king of reggae. This film is a documentary of sorts with lots of footage from the formidable years of the group known as Bob Marley and the Wailers. The film begins with colorful animation and lion that morfs into Marley himself as the narration begins and the ambassador of reggae begins to tell his story. It is a story that grabs your heart and soul as you listen to the man describe his humble beginnings and his feelings on such things as education, "if I was educated I would be a damn fool" and how the Wailers came to be. A Rastafarian, Bob Marley was a dedicated soul who espoused his views worldwide. The concert footage is intersperced with Marley's explanation of the times and his songs. The political climate of Jamaica is briefly explained and includes reports of the attempt on his life as well as his concert for political unity in Jamaica where he brought the opposition together.

Rockers

Rockers is a film that will intrigue non-reggae fans as well. It's very much influenced by New Wave and cinema-verite sensibilities. The plot of the film is very loose, and the acting and dialogue have a natural, improvised feel. Director Bafaloukos shoots the entire movie in long takes, as if he's merely observing the action rather than controlling it. Other New Wave touches include a monologue by Leroy spoken to the camera, night scenes shot where you can't even tell who's who as the action unfolds, and -- of course -- absolutely everything is shot on location.

Stepping Razor

British filmmaker Nicholas Campbell explores the life and death of seminal reggae artist, and political activist, Peter Tosh in an attempt to lay to rest or prove the rumor that Tosh's demise was not due to his accidentally stumbling into an ongoing robbery in his house, but instead was a premeditated murder committed by those who did not want Tosh to set up a controversial, militant "Rasta Reggae Radio" station in Jamaica. Much of Campbell's film centers upon an audiotape discovered after Tosh's death in September, 1987. The tape was apparently to be used in Tosh's autobiography and contained the subversive (and some believe prescient) message "Truth has been branded outlaw and illegal. It is dangerous to have the truth in your possession. You can be found guilty and sentenced to death." As the film unspools, Campbell intersplices interviews, scenes from Tosh's life, and concert footage to recount his rise from religious, poor country boy to one of the world's reggae icons. ~