I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
“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.”
2013•1h 25m•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Diggory Kenrick
Writer
Diggory Kenrick
Studio
Gorgon Films
Cast
Bunny 'Striker' Lee
Self
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Self
Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar
Self
Dennis Alcapone
Self
U-Roy
Self
Robbie Shakespeare
Self
Johnny Clarke
Self
John Holt
Self
Derrick Morgan
Self
Max Romeo
Self
Production
Company
Gorgon Films
Company
Newborn Productions
Company
Jamaican Recordings
Producer
James Stirzaker
Producer
Sarah Kenrick
Producer
Newton Williams
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