Deep Roots Music

Deep Roots Music

📺 Series --
โ˜… 8.1 /10 1983

Produced for Channel Four immediately after the death of Bob Marley, writer-director Howard Johnson's mammoth, six-part documentary opus Deep Roots Music traces the extended history of reggae, with extremely rare, period archival footage of the musicians who catalyzed the early development of Jamaican music before it became an international sensation. Johnson also features exclusive interviews with numerous reggaegiants, as well as musicologists and music historians.

Cast

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Mikey Dread
Self
Self - Narrator
Louise Bennett
Louise Bennett
Self
Self
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Self
Self (1983)
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U-Roy
Self
Self (1983)
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Prince Buster
Self
Self (1983)
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Bunny Lee
Self
Self (1983)
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King Jammy
Self
Self (1983)
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Johnny Clarke
Self
Self (1983)
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Tommy McCook
Self
Self (1983)
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Tapper Zukie
Self
Self (1983)
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Lee 'Scratch' Perry