USA Africa Dialogue Series - Bob Marley: A Rastafarian's Tale

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http://www.bobmarley.com/marley_the_movie.php

Them crazy, them crazy -
We gonna chase those crazy
Baldheads out of town;
Chase those crazy baldheads
Out of our town-BM

Bob Marley: A Rastafarian's Tale

Director Kevin Macdonald's Documentary Traces the Life of Jamaica's Reggae God

Musical legend Bob Marley's daughter Cedella, his former mistress Cindy Breaksphere and record-cover artist Neville Garrick ruminate upon life at the reggae master's infamous headquarters at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica, in today's film preview. Mining recently unearthed and previously unseen archival footage, Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald presents the first authorized portrait of the icon in an attempt to reveal the man behind the myth. Featuring interviews with family members and close associates, Marley is a cinematic elegy paying tribute to the musician's philosophical convictions and social idealism. Macdonald chronicles Marley's life from an impoverished start in a Jamaican shack through his rise to stardom, subsequent political interventions at the triumphant One Love Peace Concert in 1978, conversion to Rastafarianism and tragic denouement in a snowy Bavarian clinic seeking treatment for the melanoma which was to kill him in 1981 at the young age of 36. Shot predominantly in the verdant Jamaican hills and set to the soundtrack of much-loved Marley classics, Macdonald's documentary is imbued with a romance befitting the enduring global appeal and overwhelming cultural value of the reggae colossus. 

Marley is released Today.

Bob Marley Crazy Baldheads Lyrics

Them crazy, them crazy -
We gonna chase those crazy
Baldheads out of town;
Chase those crazy baldheads
Out of our town.

I'n'I build a cabin;
I'n'I plant the corn;
Didn't my people before me
Slave for this country?
Now you look me with that scorn,
Then you eat up all my corn.

We gonna chase those crazy -
Chase them crazy -
Chase those crazy baldheads out of town!
---
/Scat singing/
---
Build your penitentiary, we build your schools,
Brainwash education to make us the fools.
Hate is your reward for our love,
Telling us of your God above.

We gonna chase those crazy -
Chase those crazy bunkheads -
Chase those crazy baldheads out of the yown!
---
/Instrumental break/
---
We gonna chase those crazy -
Chase those crazy bunkheads -
Chase those crazy baldheads out of the yown!

Here comes the conman
Coming with his con plan.
We won't take no bribe;
We've got [to] stay alive.

We gonna chase those crazy -
Chase those crazy baldheads -
Chase those crazy baldheads out of the yown.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/23/entertainment/la-et-boxoffice-side-20120423

'Marley' has respectable start in limited release

Kevin Macdonald's documentary about singer Bob Marley collects an estimated $260,000 in 42 theaters.

More than three decades after his death, Bob Marley continues to fascinate legions of fans, as evidenced by the solid debut of a documentary about the reggae musician at the box office this past weekend.

"Marley," directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, played in 42 theaters and collected a respectable $260,000, according to an estimate from distributor Magnolia Pictures.

Because the Rastafarian singer embraced marijuana, Magnolia decided to open the film April 20, an unofficial holiday when many cannabis lovers often gather to smoke. The film also was made available to screen for $6.99 via Facebook that day, and fans could also rent it on video-on-demand platforms. On Sunday, the documentary was the No. 6 movie rental on iTunes, behind far more commercial films such as "We Bought a Zoo" and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

Neal Block, Magnolia's head of distribution, said he was hopeful that strong word of mouth and positive reviews would help the film "transcend being considered only a music documentary."

Indeed, music documentaries have had mixed success at the box office in recent years. In 2011, "Beats, Rhymes & Life," about the group A Tribe Called Quest, started with a strong $111,982 in only four theaters but eventually grossed only a moderate $1.2 million. "Tupac: Resurrection," a documentary about the late rapper Tupac Shakur, had broader appeal in 2003, when it ended up collecting $7.7 million.

— Amy Kaufman

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