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Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend

Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend (2011) is a documentary-biographical film directed by Esther Anderson and Gian Godoy documenting the life of Bob Marley [Nesta Robert Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981)]. Based on footage shot in the early seventies and lost for more than thirty years, NAACP Image Award winner Esther Anderson takes us on a journey to Jamaica and into 56 Hope Road, Kingston, to see and hear the young Bob Marley before he was famous. The film shows us the Wailers’ first rehearsal, when the idea of a Jamaican supergroup like the Beatles or the Stones was still just a dream. We sit in on the launch of their international career with “GET UP STAND UP”, “I SHOT THE SHERIFF”, and the “BURNIN’” and “CATCH A FIRE” albums that brought to the world reggae music and Rasta consciousness together as one, starting a revolution that would change rock music and contemporary culture. Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history, and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, legend, and the man, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, never before seen performances, previously unreleased music, and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.

 

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