Roots Time

Nov 14, 2006

1h 13m

★ 5.2

Overview

Roots Time is the story of "Jah Bull" and "Baboo", two Rastafarians that sell LP records in an old colorful car field for the villages within Jamaica. By chance "Farmer Roots," his favorite radio host makes them finger in an emergency by carrying his sick girlfriend to a hospital. "Jah Bull" and "Baboo" by their Rastafarian principles, do not believe in traditional medicine and convince "Farmer Roots" to take his sick girlfriend to a known herbal doctor called Bongo Hu. Getting to the herbal doctor is much more difficult than they expected and all kinds of adventures happen along the way

Genres

Music

Adventure

Production Companies

Mistika Films

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Cast

Baboo

Llewelyn Samuda

Jah Bull

Woolton Harrison

Farmer Roots

Louis Christie

Brenda

Brenda Finlayson

I Ras Amuna I

Ras Amuna

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6.7

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Roots Time

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