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Documentary about Don Letts who played a leading role in pop history. Letts injected Afro-Caribbean music into the early punk scene and shot over 300 music videos including for Public Image Ltd. and Bob Marley, but also for teen sensations Musical Youth's reggae smash 'Pass The Dutchie'. Besides his enduring relationship with The Clash, the constant factor in Letts' eventful career as a DJ, manager, film director, musician and radio maker is that, from the 1970s on, he continued to draw attention to cultural issues, as he does today with his radio programme for BBC 6, Culture Clash Radio.
Великобритания конца 1970-х — это не только расцвет панк-сцены, но и подъем партии «Национальный фронт» и рост насилия против мигрантов. Для борьбы с ксенофобскими настроениями музыкальный фотограф Ред Саундерс с горсткой единомышленников создает движение «Рок против расизма». Несмотря на давление и угрозы, дело Саундерса растет и ширится — вскоре к нему присоединяются такие звезды эпохи, как The Clash, The Specials и Joy Division. Фильм о том, как музыка может быть реальной силой, меняющей общество, стал участником Берлинале и призером Лондонского кинофестиваля.
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The hitherto overlooked story of one of British music’s most influential and game-changing bands.
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music, with a positive attitude, mindset or, as Lee Perry calls it, vibration.
