Film

Doc’n Roll Festival: Rudeboy – The Story of Trojan Records

Director
Nicolas Jack Davies
Certificate
15
Running Time
85 mins

The winner of Doc’n Roll’s Best Music Documentary 2018 honours, Nicholas Jack Davies‘ film explores the love affair between Jamaican and British youth culture told through the prism of one of the most iconic labels in the history of black music, Trojan Records. Artists featured include Lee ‘Scratch”’Perry, Toots Hibbert, Ken Boothe, Neville Staple, Marcia Griffiths, Dave Barker, Dandy Livingstone, Lloyd Coxsone, Pauline Black and Derrick Morgan.

https://youtu.be/gEQdklk3LvE

It’s on screen as part of the Doc’n Roll film festival and will be followed by a Q&A.

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By robin askew, Friday, May 17 2019

Tags:

  • Documentary
  • Music
  • Festival Screening

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