- The film celebrates the life and career of the legendary Jamaican reggae star.
- It was distributed by Paramount pictures and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
Bob Marley’s new feature film biopic is finally playing in theatres worldwide.
The film dubbed “Bob Marley: One Love” that nearly spent 5 years in the making celebrates the life and career of the legendary Jamaican reggae star. It charts the musician's journey from his rural Jamaican childhood to superstardom and features some well-known stories and events.
The movie distributed by Paramount pictures and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, was produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita.
Who is Bob Marley!
Marley was born in 1945 to a white middle class father and a black mother, in Jamaica.His childhood was spent in poverty and left home at 14 years old to pursue a music career in Kingston.
In 1972, Marley arrived in Britain with his band The Wailers to tour with Johnny Nash in the hope of launching his international career.
The following year, The Wailers released their album Catch a Fire and made their television debut on the BBC.The appearance made a big impact and gave them a wider audience outside of their traditional fan base.
After another tour in 1975, a recording of "No Woman No Cry" live at The Lyceum, London, was released as a single and gave Marley his first UK hit.
The singer entered the musical mainstream and became a household name, He was known for his Rastafarian faith, along with his wife, Rita, with the religion reflected in his music. He died in 1981 at 36years as a result of acral lentiginous melanoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 1977. He was buried in his Jamaican birthplace of the village Nine Mile.
He was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, his music fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, and he was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style
Marley was a music pioneer, but more than that, he brought together a divided country and called for equality and peace in his home.