Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records

  • Rudeboy : l'histoire de Trojan Records
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Feature
Running time : 85 (in minutes)

During the late'60s and early'70s, a multicultural revolution took place on the dancefloors in Britain-and it couldn't have happened without Trojan Records. The iconic London-based label had its finger on the pulse of the country's new wave of Jamaican immigrants, and as quickly as they signed top acts like the Upsetters and Jimmy Cliff, they made their mark on the British youth culture by kicking off a new craze for reggae, dub, rocksteady, and ska.

Combining archival footage with new interviews with legendary artists like Lee "Scratch" Perry, Neville Staple, Marcia Griffiths, Dandy Livingstone, Lloyd Coxsone, and Pauline Black, Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records unveils as-yet untold stories behind this fateful period in music history. As director Nicolas Jack Davies charts the rise of the label, he collectively celebrates how this period of immigration and innovation transformed British popular culture and diversified their music.



DIRECTOR : Nicolas Jack Davies
PRODUCER : Sam Bridger
SCREENWRITER : Nicolas Jack Davies
CINEMATOGRAPHER : Jonas Mortensen
EDITOR : Chris Duveen
CO-PRODUCER : Vivienne Perry
US DISTRIBUTOR : Breaker
PRODUCTION COMPANY : Pulse Films
CAST : Lee "Scratch" Perry, Toots Hibbert, Pauline Black, Derrick Morgan, Don Letts, Dandy Livingstone

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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