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29 relations: Bicycle Thieves, Big Youth, Bob Marley, Burning Spear, California, Dillinger (musician), Documentary film, Dreadzone, DVD Talk, Gregory Isaacs, Harry J, Inner Terrestrials, Jack Ruby (record producer), Jacob Miller (musician), Jamaican Patois, Kiddus I, Kingston, Jamaica, Leroy Wallace, PopMatters, Reggae, Richard Hall (musician), Robbie Shakespeare, Rockers (soundtrack), Roots reggae, San Francisco International Film Festival, Second Light, Sound system (Jamaican), The Jamaica Observer, Vittorio De Sica.
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as The Bicycle Thief) is a 1948 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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Big Youth
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica),Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s.
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Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon, blending mostly reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his compositions.
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Burning Spear
Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Dillinger (musician)
Lester Bullock (born 25 June 1953), better known by the stage name Dillinger, is a Jamaican reggae artist.
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Documentary film
A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.
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Dreadzone
Dreadzone are a British electronic music group.
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DVD Talk
DVD Talk is a home video news and review website launched in 1999 by Geoffrey Kleinman.
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Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127.
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Harry J
Harry Zephaniah Johnson (6 July 1945 – 3 April 2013), known by the stage name Harry J, was a Jamaican reggae record producer.
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Inner Terrestrials
Inner Terrestrials (also referred to as iT!) are a punk band from South London, England.
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Jack Ruby (record producer)
Lawrence Lindo (died April 1989), better known as Jack Ruby, was a Jamaican record producer and sound system operator, best known for his 1970s productions of artists such as Burning Spear.
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Jacob Miller (musician)
Jacob Miller (4 May 1952 – 23 March 1980) was a Jamaican reggae artist and a Rasta.
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Jamaican Patois
Jamaican Patois, known locally as Patois (Patwa or Patwah) and called Jamaican Creole by linguists, is an English-based creole language with West African influences (a majority of loan words of Akan origin) spoken primarily in Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora; it is spoken by the majority of Jamaicans as a native language.
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Kiddus I
Kiddus I (born Frank Dowding Jr in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, December 1944)Katz, David (2000) "People Funny Boy - The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry", Payback Press, is a reggae singer and musician, best known for his appearance in the film Rockers.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.
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Leroy Wallace
Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (born 3 April 1950) is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle,Hebdige, Dick (1987) Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music, Routledge,, p. 68 Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Ijahman Levi, Bruno Blum and Pierpoljak.
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PopMatters
PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
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Richard Hall (musician)
Richard Hall was a Jamaican saxophonist who worked with many reggae artists including Peter Tosh and Burning Spear.
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Robbie Shakespeare
Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare (born 27 September 1953) is a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as the one half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie.
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Rockers (soundtrack)
The soundtrack to the film Rockers was released in 1979.
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Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and the honoring of God, called Jah by Rastafari.
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San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF) is among the longest running film festivals in the Americas.
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Second Light
Second Light (subtitled "An Original Dreadzone Sound Adventure") is the second album by the British band Dreadzone.
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Sound system (Jamaican)
In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music.
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The Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer Limited is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockers_(1978_film)
