DOCUMENTARIES

Yardie The Jamaican Don Part 2 DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Yardie The Jamaican Don Part 2 DVD

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THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL COPY. ORIGINAL COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENTARY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

Gang Documentary Featuring: Jim Brown, Tony Brown, Bulb Eye and Delroy Uzi

Yardie The Jamaican Don Part 1 DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Yardie The Jamaican Don Part 1 DVD

THIS DVD IS OF VHS QUALITY

THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL COPY. ORIGINAL COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENTARY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

Gang Documentary Featuring: Jim Brown, Tony Brown, Bulb Eye and Delroy Uzi

Gangs In Jamaica - Ross Kemp Documentary

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Gangs In Jamaica - Ross Kemp Documentary

This is a must see documentary on Gangs In Jamaica documented by Ross Kemp.

Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie DVD

COOL RUNNINGS
THE REGGAE MOVIE, A ROBERT MUGGE FILM

"Easily the best record of LIVE REGGAE
on film...THE SUPERB CONCERT SOUND BOOMS LIKE A GIANT
HEARTBEAT"
Welcome to the 1983 edition of jamaica's annual Reggae
Sunsplash in Montego Bay, a week-long showcase for some of
the greatest names in reggae, ska, funk and dub poetry.
Featuring:
Gregory Isaacs, Rita Marley,
Judy Mowatt, Third World,
Mutabaruka, Ziggy Marley,
Musical Youth and many, many more!

TRACK LISTING

GREGORY ISAACS

RITA MARLEY

JUDY MOWAT

THIRD WORLD

MUTABARUKA

ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS

MUSICAL YOUTH

GIL SCOTT-HERON

SUGAR MINOTT

JUDY MOWATT

THE SKATALITES

Coping With Babylon - The Proper Rastology DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Coping With Babylon - The Proper Rastology DVD

Docu. feat. interviews with Mutabaruka, Luciano, Half Pint, Morgan Heritage, Freddie McGregor, Elephant Man and Beenie Man.

Description:

COPING WITH BABYLON reveals the contemporary Rastafarian worldview as interpreted by some of the most prominent followers of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie I. The film features interviews with Rastafari-inspired recording artists Mutabaruka, Luciano, Half Pint, Morgan Heritage, Freddie McGregor, Elephant Man, and Beenie Man. These artists represent the legacy of their musical forefathers - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Dennis Brown among many others � and sing contemporary versions of Rastafarians� renowned anthems against Babylon. COPING WITH BABYLON brings to life the prophecies of Rastafarian visionaries through these modern revolutionaries.

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Other Info:
Label: MVD VISUAL
Running Time: 80 mins
Region Code: 0
# of Discs: 1

Roots Daughters - The Women of Rastafari DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Roots Daughters - The Women of Rastafari - Starring Judy Mowatt

Documentary focusing on the Rastafari movement from the woman's prospective. Bonus footage includes live performance by Judy Mowatt.

Roots, Rock, Reggae Documentary DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Roots, Rock, Reggae Documentary

Bob Marley, Jacob Miller, Abyssinians, Gladiators, Lee Perry, Ras Michael, others

The clasic film from the '70's. See Lee Perry in-action, mixing live at the Black Ark! See Jack Ruby auditioning roots singers! An amazing documentary of this historic phase of reggae music in Jamaica.
THERE ARE NO BETTER ROOTS REGGAE DVD's THAN THIS!!!

Life and Debt Documentary DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

LIFE AND DEBT DOCUMENTARY DVD- Jamaican DVD Movie

A Must See Movie About Jamaica.

Set to a beguiling reggae beat, Life and Debt takes as its subject Jamaica's economic decline in the 20th century.
The story has reverberations in the plight of other third-world nations blindsided by globalization, like Ghana and Haiti.
After England granted Jamaica independence in 1962, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) stepped in with a series of loans.
These loans came with strings attached--the kind that would eventually plunge the country $7 billion into debt, stranded without the resources to dig themselves out.
Although IMF officials get the chance to have their say, it's clear where filmmaker Stephanie Black's sympathies lie--with the country's underemployed farmers and sweatshop workers.
Jamaica Kinkaid (A Small Place) penned the narration, while the soundtrack features some of the "imports" with which this island nation remains mostly closely associated:
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Mutabaruka, who performs the title track.

Land of Look Behind DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Land Of Look Behind DVD

A groundbreaking documentary portraying the heart and soul
of Jamaica, the earthy, pervasive sub-strata of Rastafari
and Bob Marley's funeral. Featuring the music of Bob Marley, The Wailers, Gregory Issacs and More.

Praised by directors Jim Jarmusch(Dead Man, Ghost Dog) and
Werner Herzog(Grizzly Man) as one of the most important
documentaries of our time.

TRACK LISTING

1 WELCOME - JAMMY GALLOWAY

2 TIME WILL TELL - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

3 VERSE - JAMMY GALLOWAY

4 TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY - LUI LEPKI

5 CRAZY BALDHEAD - RITA MARLEY & MICALON STEVENSON

6 CRY OF THE LOOK BEHIND - MICALON STEVENSON

7 RUNNING AWAY - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

8 WHERE DO I BELONG - MUTABARUKA

9 ALL MY FRIENDS - MUTABARUKA

10 NATURAL MYSTIC - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

11 WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE - COPTIC PRIEST & JAMMY GALLOWAY

12 A WORLDWIDE LANGUAGE - GREGORY ISAACS

13 POOR AND CLEAN - GREGORY ISAACS AND THE ROOTS RADICS BAND

14 PARTY IN THE SLUM - GREGORY ISAACS AND THE ROOTS RADICS BAND

15 THE CAPTIVES - PRISONERS OF GUN COURT

16 SUN IS SHINING - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

17 STRANGERS OUTSIDE CANNOT KNOW - MICALON STEVENSON

18 CRISIS - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor Red X DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Stepping Red Razor X DVD - Peter Tosh

This is another must see documentary DVD.

A must have for Peter Tosh Fans

Packed with rare concert footage, interviews and narration by Tosh himself, this video uncovers the visionary that was Peter Tosh.

This film traces Tosh from his early rise from the slums of Kingston to international super stardom. Red Razor x also probes the unanswered questions surrounding his brutal death.

Natural Mystic Reggae DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Natural Mystic Reggae Documentary DVD

Natural Mystic Reggae is the first Documentary on Reggae Music which takes you into the current era of Reggae Music.

From roots Reggae to Dancehall Reggae.

Includes several hours of rare, previously unseen images and brand new footage, which show us how what Bob Marley started has expanded throughout time and how much it has expanded way beyond the borders of Jamaica.

Deep Roots Music 1 - Revival /Ranking Sounds

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Deep Roots Music 1 - Revival /Ranking Sounds

This DVD consists of the first two parts of a six part series and features never-before-seen archive footage in addition to interviews with cultural historians, folklorists and musicologists. Also featured are performances by The Skatalites, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Count Ossie, Byron Lee, and many many more. Part 1-�Revival� examines the evolution of African music and its influence on culture and the formation of new styles, like ska. Part 2-�Ranking Sounds� reveals the origins of deejaying and toasting with an exemplary live performance of a Jamaican sound-system. This thorough series serves as the ultimate authority on reggae history!

Running Time: 100 mins
Region Code: 0

Bob Marley - Up Close and Personal DVD/Book

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Bob Marley - Up Close and Personal DVD/Book

This classic DVD and book set investigates the man behind the myth. Set around a swathe of classic performance footage, we speak to those closest to the man, including his eldest son Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, manager Don Taylor, Bruno Tilley, creative director of Island Records, and more. The 72 page book contains color photos from throughout Marley's career plus the fascinating full length transcripts of the most insightful interviews.

How Fi Dance Reggae Volume 2 (The Movie)

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

How Fi Dance Reggae Volume 2 (The Movie)

THE MOVIE DVD: Running time aprox: 2hrs & 40mins

Produced By: Rick Aiken HOW Fi DANCE Reggae

Watch the most talented reggae dancers tear up the clubs and events. You'll see action and dancing from Montreal Canada, Ontario Canada, Florida, Kingston Jamaica, Kellitz - Clarendon Jamaica, Montego Bay Jamaica, Bronx NY, Brooklyn NY and more. . .

Interviews with the some of biggest names in Dancehall dancing. We had Bogle on Volume 1. Get ready for interviews with Keiva, Sadiki, Ding Dong, Ice, Hand Carty (the true creator of the hand cart dance), Mad Michelle (2003 Dancehall Queen winner), Shelly Belly, Marvelous Marvin (HOW Fi DANCE Reggae's first artist) and more. � Footage of all types of events, like: 2004 Bikini Bikers, which also had an oil wrestling contest, Pink Party in Montego Bay Jamaica with LiL Jon and East Side Boys (LiL Jon shows Jamaica how they party down south. Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaa! ! ! ), Jamaica Carnival, Hot Thursday, Guiness Party in Clarendon Jamaica, Spectrum strip club in Cross Hill Clarendon, Import Xpresions Auto show at the Jacobs Javits Center in New York where HOW Fi DANCE Reggae performs, and also Massive - B's "Banky Hypes" Birthday Party in Newark New Jersey.

More Natty Paul. Natty Paul will keep us laughing with more crazy and interesting scenes.

Club footage of some of the hottest Dancehall spots: Kinston Jamaica's Asylum Night Club, Wild Palm in Bronx NY, Velvet Lounge in Rivera Beach Florida, Dancehall Queen Bashment in Montreal Canada, Dancer take all party in Ontario Canada with the Platinum Body Girls (crazy dancing in this part), Temptations Night Club in Brooklyn.

Private HOW Fi DANCE Reggae fashion show with a few sexy models in Negril Jamaica. Provided by Designer Jewel Shannon.

The Special Edition Movie DVD will have movie scenes from Volume 1 which were never scene before and also bonus movie footage from Volume 2

� More Natty Paul. Natty Paul will keep us laughing with more crazy and interesting scenes.

� Club footage of some of the hottest Dancehall spots: Kinston Jamaica's Asylum Night Club, Wild Palm in Bronx NY, Velvet Lounge in Rivera Beach Florida, Dancehall Queen Bashment in Montreal Canada, Dancer take all party in Ontario Canada with the Platinum Body Girls (crazy dancing in this part), Temptations Night Club in Brooklyn.

� Private HOW Fi DANCE Reggae fashion show with a few sexy models in Negril Jamaica. Provided by Designer Jewel Shannon.

� The Special Edition Movie DVD will have movie scenes from Volume 1 which were never scene before and also bonus movie footage from Volume 2

Rent A Rasta DVD - Documentary - FREE SHIPPING!

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Rent A Rasta DVD - Sex Tourism, a product of slavery, is not new to the Caribbean

Three flights are due into Montego Bay, one from Toronto, one from Fort Lauderdale, the other from London. When white women flock to Jamaica for a little fun in the sun, the R&R they're often looking for is not "Rest and Relaxation" but to "Rent a Rasta" according to director J. Michael Seyfert. His eye-opening expose' of the same name sheds light on a barely acknowledged form of sex tourism, namely, white women who visit the Caribbean Islands to get their groove back with the help of black locals. This documentary claims that, each year, as many as 80,000 females from a variety of relatively-wealthy Western nations descend on Jamaica alone.

Although most of Black History is suppressed, distorted and ignored by an ungrateful modern world, some African traditions are so persistent that all of the power and deception of the blond and blue eyed establishment failed to stamp them out. Many return regularly from the Caribbean sporting dreadlocks, bringing money and gifts like jewelry and designer sneakers, a practice called renta a rasta.

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j. michael seyfert best director award atlanta docu festival

Most of those inclined to indulge their Island Fever with wanton abandon are apparently middle-aged and/or overweight spinsters. Ignored by white men, and afraid to date blacks openly due to the social taboo, they look for satisfaction at remote resorts amidst the anonymity offered by a virtual paradise. These decadent dames safely lure their boy toys with money, electronic gadgets, designer clothes, baubles, or whatever material item it takes to get uncomplicated sexual favors in return along with the strict understanding that like in Las Vegas, "What happens in Jamaica, stays in Jamaica." As one satisfied customer, a 45 year-old spinster from the Midwest explains her addiction to her hedonistic getaway, "A girl who no one looks at twice gets hit on all the time here. All these guys are paying her attention, telling her she's really beautiful, and they really want her. It is like a secret, a fantasy, and then you go home." While this glimpse of the lucky ladies' rationale for their no-strings liaisons is certainly informative, the picture is actually far more interesting when chronicling the history of Jamaica, winding its way from the slave days through the rise of the Rastafari to the present. Framed from this perspective, we suddenly see a persistent pattern of utter subjugation and economic inequality, with islanders providing stud service only being the latest form of exploitation.

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Perhaps most telling is the desperate summation of a suffering black woman seen begging for an end to the Jamaican people's neverending cycle of poverty. She wants, "the white world to come give us our deliverance, because it was them who take us out of our land and carry us here." Viewed in this light, Rent a Rasta is a clarion call which establishes that sex tourism is not merely the harmless indulgence of horny white women gone wild, but a burgeoning trend which continues to wreak havoc on a Caribbean culture and family structure already in crisis.

Unforgiven - Reggae Street Wars DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Unforgiven - Reggae Street Wars DVD

Featuring: Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel, Adonia, Ninja Man, Bounty Killa
Twins of Twins, Mavado, Munga and D'angel.

This film takes a look at the most controversial side of the reggae music industry. Find out why, reggae music wars have been around since Prince Busta and Derrick Morgan. Bounty Killa, Mavado, Aidonia, Bizzy Signal, Vybz Karetl, Ninja Man, Twins of Twins, Voice Mail, Munga Honorable, and D'Angel attempt to explain the increase in competition along with the shrinking market share. These issues are what fuel reggae music wars. The artists remind us they too are employees and just like employees, they too must fight to keep their jobs.

Word Sound and Power - Soul Syndicate Band (DVD - Documentary)

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Word Sound and Power - Soul Syndicate Band (DVD - Documentary)

'81 documentary about Jamaica's finest group of reggae instrumentalists. Featuring interviews, performances + more.

Description:

This 1981 documentary about Jamaica's finest group of reggae instrumentalists combines insightful band interviews and discussions with live performances from the open air of a Kingston courtyard. The Soul Syndicate Band has provided backing for records by Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals, The Heptones, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, and many others. The film is unique in its blend of tension and relaxation, and its movement between city and the country. "It is the closest American film audiences are likely to get to modern Jamaican music and to the ideas, experiences and emotions behind that music." - ROLLING STONE

Track Listing/Features:

'Jah Jah Music' The Soul Syndicate with Tony Tuff

Chinna interview by the river, Part 1

'Africa Roots' Jah Minstrels with Chinna

'I Feel Secure' The Soul Syndicate Band

The Soul Syndicate Fan Club Dancers

Chinna interview by the river, Part 2

'Occupation' Chinna (acoustic)

Zeros Yard

'Visions of Love' Zero (acoustic)

'Mariwana' The Soul Syndicate Band

Chinna interview by the river, Part 3

Fully and Tony interview

Santa interview

'Harvest Uptown' Fully, Tony, Santa (acoustic)

Chinna interview by the river, Part 4

'None Shall Escape the Judgment'

Africa Unite: Celebration Of Bob Marley's Vision - Bob Marley DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Africa Unite: Celebration Of Bob Marley's Vision - Bob Marley DVD

Produced by Danny Glover

In observance of Black History Month, the Bob Marley Foundation and the Rita Marley Foundation proudly present � AFRICA UNITE�, a celebration of the 60 th anniversary of the birth of the Honor Rebel Robert �Bob� Nesta Marley, O.M. Planned events of this Exodus Movement of Jah People from across the globe for the unification of Africa will include an opening ceremony at the Addis Ababa City Hall, a Book Launching of No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley, by Nana Rita Marley, O.D., Rare Photo Exhibitions, Panel Discussions and Banquet. There will also be a historic AFRICA UNITE Concert featuring the Marley Family, I-Threes, Baaba Maal, Angelique Kidjo, and Yousou N�dor. Several African and Reggae artists are scheduled to perform.

AFRICA UNITE Celebration: an international historical event with a positive message of unification, highlighting a positive image of Ethiopia as a key player in Africa and Africa�s Diaspora develop ment, growth, and commit ment to peace, conflict resolution, gender and youth issues. Partners such as the African Union (AU), UNICEF, Save the Children, Ethiopia Tourism Commission, City Govern ment of Addis Ababa, the World Bank and Special Guest Speaker Harry Belafonte ensure that AFRICA UNITE will facilitate the building of bridges between civil society, govern ment and all stake holders in the develop ment and unification of Africa, and its citizens: those at ho me on the Continent and those abroad in Africa�s Diaspora.

AFRICA UNITE will bring revenue generating opportunities to businesses, communities, and individuals. The disenfranchised will also benefit because part of the event proceeds will continue the Marley�s legacy of providing for the under-served. Projects to benefit from the Bob Marley Foundation and the Rita Marley Foundation AFRICA UNITE Celebration include Nurses of Israel Project Humanity Medical Center in Shashemane, the Shashemane School Project, the Konkonuru Village Project in Ghana, the Axum Orphanage Project, Bob Marley Schools with Save the Children.

AFRICA UNITE is a singular and masterfully executed film
that is at once concert tribute, Marley family travelogue,
and humanitarian documentary, igniting the screen with the
spirit of world-renowned reggae icon BOB MARLEY in its every
frame. In commemoration of Bob's 60th birthday, Africa Unite
is centered on the Marley's first time ever family trip to
Ethiopia in 2005.
Features exuberant on stage spots as well as a soundtrack
brimming with Bob Marley studio classics.

Includes
appearances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador / actor Danny
Glover, world music sensation Angelique Kidjo, Bob Marley's
mother Mrds.Booker and Princess Mary granddaughter of
Emperor Haile Selassie.

Run Time:89 Min

Genre:Music/Documentary

Deep Roots Music 2 DVD - Bunny Lee Story / Black Ark

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Deep Roots Music 2 DVD: Bunny Lee Story / Black Ark

The second 2 installments in a 6-part series feat. Lee Perry, Bob Marley, The Mighty Diamonds & more.

Description:

The ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six part series, shot on film by an Oscar nominated cameraman, was produced in the early 1980s, just after the premature death of Bob Marley. This DVD contains Part 3 "The Bunny Lee Story" and Part 4 "Black Ark". In "The Bunny Lee Story", one great producer and his "family" of artists demonstrate how it's done (featuring Prince Jammy, Wayne Smith, Junior Reed and the fabulous backbone of the Bunny Lee stable - Jackie Edwards, Delroy Wilson, Johnny Clarke and Prince Jazzbo). "Black Ark" is a celebration of the influence of Rastafari on reggae, and this part includes the rarest of footage of His Majesty Haile Selassie. Also featured is Nyabinghi drumming (Count Ossie, Tommy McCook and Skully), The Mighty Diamonds and Bob Marley. Lee 'Scratch' Perry spends days at his home and in the studio brilliantly describing black power.

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Other Info:

Label: SCREEN EDG

Genre: Reggae

Running Time: 100 mins

Region Code: 0

# of Discs: 1

Producers: Howard Johnson

Actors: Lee Perry, Bob Marley, The Mighty Diamonds + more

Legend: The Essential Albums of All Time - Bob Marley DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

LEGEND: THE ESSENTIAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
BOB MARLEY DVD

ROCK MILESTONES
BOB MARLEY - LEGEND

Since its 1984 release, Legend has become the biggest
selling reggae album of all time. With over 12 m illion sold
worldwide, this is the record that bought reggae and all
that goes with it to a public unaware of its existence prior
to Bob Marley And The Wailers. The influence this album
still holds is impossible to understate; from Berlin, Legend
is never far away.

This film comprehensively reviews the music, its creation
and the people behind it. The first rate critics include
Dave Robinson; former head of Island Records and the man who
created the Legend compilation, and Lloyd Bradley; amongst
many others. Vintage Marley footage, including one of his
last performances with the wailers in 1981.

Reggae Uncensored Documentary DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Reggae Uncensored Documentary - Jamaican DVD

A riveting new documentary that examines the underbelly of the reggae culture internationally with shocking footage and brutally frank interviews is scheduled for release in the American market during Reggae month, on Tuesday February 26, 2008.

Appropriately named Reggae Uncensored, the footage showcases key elements of Reggae and its sub-culture in a candid way with sustained images of sizzling performances strung together with generous portions of drugs, sex and the inevitable passa passa.

The DVD gives an inside look at what's really going on in the world of reggae music. It takes the viewer on the road, back stage, behind the hallowed closed doors and beyond the eye of mainstream media to document the real truths.

The first of several episodes features today's brightest and biggest stars: Damian Marley, Sean Paul, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Sizzla Kalonji, Ninja Man and Junior Reid. The documentary also features the contemporary crop of hit makers - Mavado, Collie Budzz, Ding Dong, Aidonia, Macka Diamond and Empire Isis to name a few.

This groundbreaking DVD title is broken down in chapters very much like a storybook. Some of the chapters are called 'The Return of Ninja Man,' 'Irie Jamboree,' 'Ravers Clavers,' 'Shopping with Macka Diamond,' 'Labor Day on the Parkway,' 'The Rise And Fall of a Jamaican Don' and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley. In defining his role in the reggae music business with host Chyna, Marley commented, "We are in a position where we can help and be a voice others who really do not have a voice for themselves."

Reggae Uncensored is 90 minutes long with English subtitles to support the Jamaican Creole. Other parts of the series are to follow. The documentary was produced by Nutz Films (New York City) in collaboration with Chyna Doll Productions and is being distributed worldwide by Gold Dust Media.

"We feel extremely proud of the world class quality and professionalism of this exciting new product, and we feel this DVD will continue to push our music to new levels of understanding and acceptance globally," remarked Ray Stewart, executive producer of Reggae Uncensored.

TRACK LISTING

1 DING DONG & RAVERS CLAVERS

2 RETURN OF NINJA MAN

3 DAMIAN"JUNIOR GONG"MARLEY

4 SIZZLA KALONJI

5 SEAN PAUL

6 JUNIOR REID

7 MAVADO

8 DAY IN THE LIFE, AIDONIA

9 COLLIE BUDDZ

10 IRIE JAMBOREE

11 SHOPPING WITH MACKA DIAMOND

12 LABOR DAY ON THE PARKWAY

13 RISE & FALL OF JAMAICA DON

14 77 CLASH

15 EMPIRE SIS

16 BENITION THE MENACE with LOUIE RANKIN

The Blondie Show DVD (HARD TO FIND)

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

The Blondie Show DVD (HARD TO FIND)

A true story (Documentary)

A 52 year old white woman who lives and breathes in the
bizarre drug subculture of Jamaica's notorious West End.
Follow Blondie now over the next 72 hours as she escorts you
through the weirdest guided tour you have ever seen.

Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff DVD Movie

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff DVD Movie

The documentary Bob Marley: I Shot the Sheriff traces the creation and impact of the song, one of many that helped make Marley the most recognizable and popular reggae artists in the world. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

From The Impact Series, Songs That Changed The World: featuring Bob Marley: I Shot The Sheriff became a direct response to political oppression. By the mid �70s, Bob Marley and reggae music had broken through internationally and by the late '70s, reggae and punk would in fact unite under the banner of Rock Against Racism.

Black and Gold - The Story Of The Latin Kings

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Black and Gold - The Story Of The Latin Kings

"Black and Gold offers a potent portrait of bootstraps idealism in an embattled community ... this energetically packaged documentary deserves to be seen." -Dennis Harvey, VARIETY

Description:

In 1994, the Latin Kings - the largest and most powerful street gang in New York - became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords. With over 3,000 members in New York, some saw the Latin King and Queen Nation as the most important political voice to rise from the streets in decades. The NYPD did not agree, calling them a vicious gang with a PR campaign. One thing is certain, the City was never the same after the Nation went downtown. In 1997 Big Noise films became the only media group ever given unrestricted access to the Nation. For two years they ran with the Kings and Queens in New York City, filming on the front lines of their everyday struggle for survival. 'Black and Gold' explores a reality that is too often reduced to a stereotype or a slogan. Its unblinking lens puts you at the center of a complex and controversial movement.The Nation was one of the major forces that made police violence and the prison system political issues in New York City. But from the beginning the NYPD has questioned the sincerity of the Nation's political involvement, and has systematically worked to dismantle what they see as the most dangerous street gang in the City. Their efforts culminated in a spectacular midnight raid on May 15, 1998 when over 1,000 Federal and City agents simultaneously raided homes across the city making over 100 arrests in what was the largest coordinated FBI action since prohibition. 'Black and Gold' lets you feel the tension inside the movement as it comes under fire from midnight police raids and assassination attempts. In the end it shows us both the black and the gold - both the fear and violence of the street and the fierce love inside the most dangerous movement in the City.

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Bonus Materials:

Full length interviews with King Tone and Puerto Rican revolutionary Richie Perez.

Other Info:
Label:	FOCUSED
Genre:	Reggae
Running Time:	60 mins
Region Code:	0
# of Discs:	1
Director:	Jeff Roth
Producers:	Jerry Stein

Rockers - 25th Anniversary Reggae DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 GMT

Rockers - 25th Anniversary Reggae DVD

Writer-director Theodoros Bafaloukos responded to Jamaica's siren call all the way over in Greece and came to the island to make this 1977 movie about a band of Rasta men/Robin Hoods getting their own back at the expense of those perennial bloodsuckers, the "uptown top rankings," as men of money and position are called in Jamaica. The reggae star-studded cast is undoubtedly the movie's most rewarding feature, though some reggae fans have objected to the demeaning sight of the incomparable late singer Jacob Miller threatening a friend with a knife over a purloined chicken leg or the equally great singer Gregory Isaacs exacting chump change for unlocking a tourist's rental car. However, these and other great reggae figures are also seen here in full and glorious performance at their peak. In fact, this film provides our only extended visual record of Miller's kinetic performance style and one of the best pieces of footage on Isaacs. Although Rockers doesn't approach the multilayered complexity of The Harder They Come and it does betray a little superiority now and then to its characters, there are plenty of laughs as well as insights into life at the time for Jamaica's growing Rastafarian movement. Drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace makes an unlikely though quintessentially Jamaican leading man as he moves between wooing the rich man's virginal daughter and making pit stops at the shack he shares with his wife and children. His band of accomplices is priceless, and the scene in which each struts in his own "stylee" to Peter Tosh's "Stepping Razor" is alone worth the price. --Elena Oumano

Other Info:
Label:	BIG NOISE FILMS
Genre:	Documentary
Running Time:	86 mins
Region Code:	0
# of Discs:	1
Producers:	Big Noise Films