Roots, Rock, Reggae – Inside the Jamaican Music Scene / Shanachie DVD-1202

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Shanachie DVD 1202 / Color, 60 min / Roots, Rock, Reggae presents a street-level perspective on the reggae music scene during a very important period in the evolution of reggae music. In the late 1970s, police and thieves battled in the street, politicians struggled for power and reggae musicians fought for peoples’ souls. Featuring performances by seminal reggae greats from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff to the Abyssinians and Jacob Miller, this is the only documentary on the evolution of reggae and a must for reggae’s legions of fans. 60 minutes.