Directed by Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough • 2008 • United States
Starring Lee “Scratch” Perry, Peter Tosh, Benicio Del Toro
Visionary record producer and dub innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry—who defined the sound of reggae through his pioneering work with artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Heptones, and the Congos—tells the wild, weed-fueled story of his impossibly colorful life, in his own words. Narrated by Benicio Del Toro, THE UPSETTER captures the essence of a complex, enigmatic figure who was at once a mad genius and a mystic.
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