Tag Archives: Rockers
Harder Sounds
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 [...]
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Tagged Jamaica, Kingston, Rasta, reggae, Rockers, The Harder They Come
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Rocksteady ROCKERS
Along with The Harder They Come (1972), Rockers (1978) helped to bring reggae and Rastafarian culture to the big screen, and I’ve been busy writing up a review of Rockers in anticipation of the film’s showing at the Belcourt Theatre’s Music City Monday screening of the movie next week. The film is focused on a [...]
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Tagged Burning Spear, De Sica, Junior Murvin, Lee Perry, Peter Tosh, Rockers, The Bicycle Thieves, The Harder They Come
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