Tomorrow marks the 31st anniversary of the death of music legend Bob Marley. The Jamaican reggae star died young in 1981, at just 36 from cancer, leaving behind a legacy that reaches across all musical genres, ages and around the world.
The New Zealand International Film Festival, which happens to be the country's biggest annual celebration of cinema will be screening the acclaimed music documentary Marley.
The 2012 festival, which starts in Auckland on July 19 and in Wellington a week later, won't have its final programme finalized until next month.
But organizers say Marley, which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, is confirmed to screen.
But given the reggae legend's enduring place and influence (especially in New Zealand) Marley is sure to attract big numbers.
The film is directed by Oscar-winning Scottish director Kevin Macdonald. Though he wasn't first choice to make Marley. When American producer Steve Bing negotiated the music rights for a Marley film, the original idea was that Martin Scorsese would make the movie. Bing had produced and financed Scorsese's Rolling Stones doco, Shine a Light.
The full film festival programme is due out on June 27.
No comments:
Post a Comment