After posting about Rockers yesterday, I realized we’re celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Harder They Come (1972) this year. Both films are usually found at the top of any list of reggae music films. For me Harder is a fun, flashy crime genre flick about an antihero on the run, but Rockers is a deeper film with a more earnest social message and an almost otherworldly glimpse of life in one of Kingston’s Rasta communities. They serve as great bookends for one another and I wouldn’t choose one over the other.
One thing’s for sure, they both have great soundtracks. I shared Rockers‘ tunes yesterday. Here is the great music from The Harder They Come…
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