BOB MARLEY LIVE IN CONCERT

When Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981, he was already a musical legend, not only in his homeland of Jamaica, but worldwide. In his career spanning almost 20 years, he brought reggae to unexpected international popularity, and in doing so, was the first musician to break the Anglo-American monopoly of the pop music market. But Bob Marley was also a political figure, an advocate for the integration of coloured people in Jamaica and beyond. Bob Marley Live in Concert contains footage from his last two concerts: in Jamaica, during the famous 1979 Reggae Sunsplash Festival, and in Dortmund, the following year, during the Uprising Tour. Although the signs of cancer can be clearly seen, he radiates an unbelievable energy and vitality when, accompanied by the legendary Wailers, he celebrates classics such as "No Woman No Cry", "I Shot the Sheriff" or "Get Up Stand Up". Between these concert recordings, Stefan Paul assembles moving pictures of Marley's funeral in Kingston: the funeral march of 500,000 Jamaicans, prime minister Michael Manley's speech at his grave and the subsequent memorial concert with which his companions honoured him. An impressive documentary which will excite not only Bob Marley fans.