One Love (2003)
One Heart, One Song, One Dream
Género : Drama, Romance
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 40M
Director : Rick Elgood, Don Letts
Sinopsis
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile the record boss organizing the contest, tries to get Kassa's band to sign to his label on his terms not theirs. By using heavy tactics, he pushes the band to fight back.
Gloucester (Massachussetts), octubre de 1991. El Andrea Gail es un barco de pesca capitaneado por Billy Tyne, un veterano pescador cuyas últimas salidas se han saldado con paupérrimas capturas. Buscando un golpe de suerte que haga cambiar esta mala racha, se interna en el Flemish Cap, un lugar más allá de las zonas frecuentadas por los pescadores. Lo que ignora es que, a la zona donde faena, se está aproximando la tormenta más aterradora, violenta y destructiva que se pueda concebir.
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his prized motorcycle is stolen, his plans fall through and he's forced to adapt.
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
Concierto en vivo de Bob Marley y the Wailers grabado en el Santa Barbara County Bowl de California el 25 de noviembre de 1979. El concierto es una brillante mezcla de clásicos del reggae, incluyendo "I Shot the Sheriff", "Exodus", "Is This Love" y muchas más.
Derice, Sanka, Junio Bevil y Yul son cuatro atletas jamaicanos, sin apenas recursos y sin tener conocimiento o adaptación a la nieve, pero dispuestos a alcanzar una difícil meta: ganar la medalla de oro nada menos que en los Juegos Olímpicos de invierno de Calgary, Canadá. Para ello reclutan como entrenador a un ex-campeón norteamericano (John Candy), quien aceptará la imposible tarea debido a su precaria situación económica.
Ivanhoe Martin llega a la ciudad para llegar a ser un gran cantante de reggae. Sin embargo las cosas no son tan fáciles como él se pensaba en un principio, y se tuercen con el asesinato que comete sobre un policía. (FILMAFFINITY)
'Roots Rock Reggae' depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalized its heroes. Director Jeremy Marre films Bob Marley and the Wailers, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry record in his legendary Black Ark studio with The Upsetters. Jimmy Cliff rehearses with Sly and Robbie, while Inner Circle's historic live gig is recorded on the violent Kingston streets. The legendary Abyssinians harmonize their haunting Rastafarian songs; Joe Higgs (formerly Bob Marley's teacher) plays and talks; majestic toaster U Roy raps alongside The Mighty Diamonds, and Third World record in a Kingston studio. There is also early archive footage of Toots and the Maytals, and Haile Selessie's royal visit to Jamaica while police and thieves battle it out on the streets, and the ghettos erupt in violence. 1977: An extraordinary year for Reggae music.
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