I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae

A fond, talkative archive tour through Jamaican music history, carried by colourful storytellers and the pulse of old dub records.

Directed by

Diggory Kenrick

Genres

Documentary, Music

Starring

Bunny 'Striker' Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar

Tagline

A larger than life close up look at the incredible career of the legendary Jamaican record producer, and the real roots of reggae music by the people who made it happen.

Overview

This feature length documentary charts the story of the great Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee. A legend himself, there’s not a lot of pioneers of roots and reggae that he didn’t work with, becoming the go-to producer for that dub sound coming out of Jamaica in the sixties and seventies, further cementing his legacy when he started licensing his productions straight to London labels. Diggory Kenrick’s doco calls on not only Lee himself to tell the story, but features the likes of U Roy, Dennis Alcapone, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly and Robbie, Johnny Clarke and Johnny Holt among others.

How it feels

Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Music, art, work, ambition

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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