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Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae (2009)
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The documentary film Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae is a musical journey to Jamaica's Golden Age of music...
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(Credited cast) | Gladstone Anderson | ||
| Ken Boothe | ||
| Stranger Cole | ... | Narrator |
| Marcia Griffiths | ||
| Derrick Lara | ... | The Tamlins |
| Hopeton Lewis | ||
| Rita Marley | ||
| Sylvanus Moore | ... | The Tamlins |
| Derrick Morgan | ||
| Judy Mowatt | ||
| Dawn Penn | ||
| Leroy Sibbles | ||
| Carlton Smith | ... | The Tamlins |
| The Tamlins | ||
| U-Roy |
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Get Ready to Rocksteady (Canada: English title) (working title)
Les racines du reggae (Canada: French title)
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Les racines du reggae (Canada: French title)
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Canada:98 min | (None):90 min
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Canada:G (British Columbia/Ontario/Quebec)
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The film tries to sell itself as a journey into the golden age of Jamaican music, Rocksteady, which is a little over the top. It is actually a good documentary about a reunion concert and recording session featuring some excellent performances and interviews by some great musicians from the sixties. It was great to see Dawn Penn, Leroy Sibbles, and especially Ken Boothe singing as well as they ever have. The cinematography is excellent, and highlights how little things have changed in Kingston since the rocksteady era. The poor kids in trenchtown look exactly like the ones from forty years ago,and the abandoned train station looks much worse.