Jah Rastafari! - The roots of Reggae (54 Min.)

The documentation goes on track searching and decodes the codes of the Reggae, which go back to the black liberation movements of the last century. For this, filmmaker Tim Gorbauch in Kingston, Jamaica and the Rototom Sunsplash Festival in Spain meet young and old Roots reggae musicians, cultural scientists, historians and Rastafarian activists.

When asked what is connected with reggae, one almost always gets the same short answers: Bob Marley, Kiffen, dreadlocks, Jamaica and a somewhat relaxed life. In fact, all this is essential to reggae. The question is, however, why? What does smoking of marijuana have to do with reggae? What is the meaning of dreadlocks apart from style and fashion? Why was it all on the Caribbean island of Jamaica? "Jah Rastafari! The roots of the reggae "goes on track searching and decodes the codes of the Reggae, which go back to the black liberation movements of the last century.

For this, filmmaker Tim Gorbauch in Kingston, Jamaica and the Rototom Sunsplash Festival in Spain meet young and old Roots reggae musicians, cultural scientists, historians and Rastafarian activists. Musicians like the guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, who was involved in hundreds of Reggae albums and played together with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Stranger Cole, a legend of the Rocksteady and Ska era, the indomitable DJ, toaster and singer Big Youth.

But also young musicians like Addis Pablo, the son of the legendary Augustus Pablo, Kabaka Pyramid, Chronixx and Jah9. They all belong to the young but very effective movement of the reggae revival, which has brought the Roots reggae back into the limelight for a few years.

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