Rocksteady
Switzerland / Canada, June 2009
FILM,
Documentary,
94 min.
- directed by
- Stascha Bader
- Written by
- Stascha Bader
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.rocksteadyrootsofreggae.com
On the Caribbean island of Jamaica a kind of music was born that took over the whole world. It originated in the slums and inspired generations to believe in the possibility of a better world and to fight for it. Every child knows reggae and its icon, Bob Marley. But how did it all begin? Forty years later, this documentary accompanies the founders of this world music in the original studio in Kingston, where they record their old hits and tell us their story.
credits
- World Premiere
- June 2009
- Original Version
- English, colour and b/w, 35mm, 94 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-EE95-0000-I-0000-0000-K
- Production
- HesseGreutert Film, Muse Entertainment Enterprises
- Producer
- Valentin Greutert, Betty Palik, Simon Hesse, Michael Prupas
- directed by
- Stascha Bader
- Written by
- Stascha Bader
- Cinematography
- Piotr Jaxa
- Editing
- Teresa De Luca, Mathieu Grondin, Claudio Cea
- Music
- Lynn Taitt, Ernest Ranglin, Moss Raxlen
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- MK2 Films
Worldwide Distribution
- Australia
- Aztec International Distribution
- Austria
- Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
- Canada
- Films We Like Distribution
- France
- MK2 Films Distribution
- Germany
-
Rapid Eye Movies HE Gmbh
Distribution
Release date: 29.07.2010 - Poland
- Planete TV Poland TV Rights
- Switzerland
- Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Tel Aviv, 13th docaviv Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
12.05.2011 - 21.05.2011 -
Fribourg, 25th Fribourg International Film Festival
19.03.2011 - 26.03.2011 -
Filmar en América Latina
05.11.2010 - 21.11.2010 -
Cracow, 50th Cracow Film Festival
31.05.2010 - 06.06.2010 -
Buenos Aires, 12° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente
07.04.2010 - 18.04.2010 -
Thessaloniki, 12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
12.03.2010 - 21.03.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Park City, 16. Slamdance Film Festival Park City
15.01.2010 - 23.01.2010 -
Festival International de Cine de Gijón
19.11.2009 - 28.11.2009 -
Stockholm, 20th Stockholm International Film Festival
18.11.2009 - 29.11.2009
-
World Film Festival of Bangkok
06.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
Munich, 27. Filmfest München
26.06.2009 - 04.07.2009