marley the movie
 

did anyone see this? I didn't know so much about him until i sae this very good film, with interviews with family members and people around him.

FASCINATING FACT: He was an outcast because of mix race so music was his salvation and escapism...who would have thought Bob Marley was an outcast in his community!! One love

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I didn't see it but I heard it was a tearjerker.

It was.

Zing! The proper Marley was not only inspiring and informative....but one of the best music docs you're likely to see!

I saw the movie a few weeks ago and loved it!! I had no idea he was bi-racial!!! His music is so inspiring!! RIP Bob Marley!!!

I haven't seen it, but now I have to see it. My father is a Rastafarian from Trinidad, and thus, I was exposed to a lot of Reggae and Calypso growing up. I tend to stay away from movies and end up ignorant to some good documentaries as a consequence. I knew he was bi-racial (I'm a mutt of a great, many ethnicities myself), but I'm sure there's some stuff I don't know that are hidden in that doc. Thanks OP for bringing this to our attention (even though it was a while ago but still valid in my opinion). :)

^HAHA!

I learned a lot no doubt. Made me realize just how clueless most self-titled Rastafarian are.

I have to ask why do you call yourself something as highly offensive as a mutt?? I realize it is your choice but I much prefer descriptives such as multi cultural or mixed race. It is so much more affirming as opposed to being derogatory.


as far as the movie -- I havent seen it yet. I own several documentaries based on Bob Marley himself as well as Bob Marley and the Wailers so I am very familiar with his personal history. -- having come from the West Indies it would be somewhat of a heresy to not have a deeper knowledge of this man. --I feel the same way about Bob Marley as I do about Martin Luther King Jr. Both were human beings who had shortcomings- don't we all??--but the positive things they have done in their lives far outweigh the negatives. For instance I personally am not an advocate of ganja but I understand some Rastafarians ( Bob Marley being one)believe it was given to man to use both medicinally and for spiritual enlightenment. He was also a man who had several children by several women which I am not a fan of either. But regardless of these things he was a very spirital person and a humanist - he was an advocate of the less fortunate and had a strong influence on Jamaica's opposing political parties. And I have to give him respect for walking the walk and not just talking the talk as they say

Saw it its on Netflix now def should check out I highly recommend it

this is a great film. made me appreciate this sound a lot more

aaaah i still havent seen it! i wanna watch it so bad now!!

I like the bit where the dog dies lol.

I saw it. And very much loved it! I usually hate films about animals and animal love 'cause I don't really understand loving an animal. However this film almost made me cry.

He was a truly great humanitarian. RIP Owen Wilson.

I liked this movie, I suggest you watch it

Not seen it yet. Heard its good. Looking forward to it :D

Many Jamaicans are bi-racial.

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Cedella and Norval Marley, parents of Bob Marley

Bob Marley's father was Norval Sinclair Marley who was born in Sussex. Marley was a captain in the British Army who settled in Jamaica after retiring from the army. Norval Marley was 50 years old when he fathered Robert Nesta Marley with 17 year old Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican servant at a plantation where Norval worked as a field supervisor. The couple married, but Norval moved to Kingston to accept a job offer and never really lived with with his wife and son in their home in rural St. Ann's parish.

According to Marley biographer, Steven Davis: "Every month or so, when he could get away, Norval Marley came up to St. Ann to visit Cedella . However, as the years passed and pressure mounted from Norval’s family, most notably his mother, the relationship between the “white army captain and the black country girl cooled off” As Marley became older, his father’s visits became increasingly less frequent until the man eventually completely abandoned Marley and his mother by severing all contact."

Bob Marley grew up resenting the absence of his father but gradually accepted his outsider status as a "mulatto" saying, “My father was white and my mother black, you know. Them call me half-caste, or whatever. Well, me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side nor the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white, who give me this talent.”

Bob Marley's facial bone structure and eyes bear a strong resemblance to his father. It also appears that Marley inherited his father's lanky and slender body type. Cedella was a very pretty but large boned woman who probably weighed more than her husband.

Peter Tosh's father was a white Scottish man named James McIntosh, who abandoned Peter's mother before he was born. Out of bitterness toward his father, Peter refused to use his McIntosh birth name and eventually he legally changed his last name to Tosh.

I love that film! Plus Jen is smokin'.

this was an excellent film, highly recommended

Enjoyed the flick, smoking a bit o pot, and reggae, but still don't want to convert to Rastafarianism.

Yes, I loved that dog! If only Nickelback could have done a remix with Bob Marley for the movie..