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Le premier rasta au Cinema

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:06 am
by rootsblogreggae
LE PREMIER RASTA, a documentary of Hélène Lee.

THEATER EVENT OF THE YEAR!!!!
In partnership with ROOTSBLOGREGGAE

THE NATIONAL RELEASE April 27, 2011...

After several translations and numerous articles in the late 70's on Reggae and African music, journalist and writer Hélène Lee published in 1999 her second book in France. Translated into several languages, THE FIRST RASTA is a thorough investigation of Leonard Percival Howell's life (1893-1981), the initiator and catalyst of the Rastafari Movement, considered by many as its founder.
Ten years later, Hélène Lee went back to Jamaica with cameraman C. Farnarier on the trail of  a forgotten and overlooked, yet central character in the history of this movement. With a mix of archival footage and interviews of the members of his first community, Helen Lee directed a fascinating documentary, moving a times, describing the life and personality of a man who, beyond the founding of the first Rastafari community of Pinnacle, has really laid the foundation of one of the first globalized vision of a world of justice ...
THE FIRST RASTA movie will be out on the 27th of April on French screens only.

FILM-ANNONCE, SYNOPSIS... http://www.lepremierrasta.com
… AND EXTENDED VERSION INNA http://www.rootsblogreggae.com … INTERVIEWS, PHOTOS AND MORE...

CHECK IT OUT !!!

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Re: Le premier rasta au Cinema

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:48 pm
by Yardie
As soon as the DVD will be available I'll buy it without hesitation.

I bought Lee's book "THE FIRST RASTA LEONARD HOWELL AND THE RISE OF RASTAFARIANISM" when it was available, and I recommend it as a very intersting reading.

http://www.yardie-reggae.com/BOOKS/BOOKS.htm

All the best!