... Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds ...
A portrait of the man who made reggae known and appreciated all over the western world and who refused to abandon a message of personal and political liberation.
Tonight's programme includes a wealth of his finest performances, from early sessions by the original
Wailers to his last rehearsals in Kingston. Interviews with Marley himself and with those who knew him best, including his mother Cedella Booker , his wife Rita Marley , his original partners
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer , Judy Mowat and Marcia Griffiths from his backing group the 1 Threes, his art director
Neville Garrick and Chris Blackwell , founder of Island Records.
Film editor GUY CROSSMAN Producers
ANTHONY WALL , NIGEL FINCH Directors
JO MENELL , CHARLES CHABOT An Arena production