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I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
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I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae

Nov 10, 2013
1h 25m
★ 0.0

A larger than life close up look at the incredible career of the legendary Jamaican record producer, and the real roots of reggae music by the people who made it happen.

Overview

This feature length documentary charts the story of the great Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee. A legend himself, there’s not a lot of pioneers of roots and reggae that he didn’t work with, becoming the go-to producer for that dub sound coming out of Jamaica in the sixties and seventies, further cementing his legacy when he started licensing his productions straight to London labels. Diggory Kenrick’s doco calls on not only Lee himself to tell the story, but features the likes of U Roy, Dennis Alcapone, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly and Robbie, Johnny Clarke and Johnny Holt among others.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Gorgon Films
Newborn Productions
Jamaican Recordings

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Cast

Bunny 'Striker' Lee

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Bunny 'Striker' Lee

Lee "Scratch" Perry

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Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar

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Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar

Dennis Alcapone

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Dennis Alcapone

U-Roy

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U-Roy

Robbie Shakespeare

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Robbie Shakespeare

Johnny Clarke

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Johnny Clarke

John Holt

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John Holt

Derrick Morgan

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Derrick Morgan

Max Romeo

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Max Romeo