Lee "Scratch" Perry

Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes (2019)

A newly discovered treasure trove of tapes from Studio 17, or Randy's located in downtown Kingston Jamaica, is the starting point for this remarkable story about a Chinese Jamaican family who helped create the music we now know as reggae. ...

The Revelation of Lee Scratch Perry (2019)

This documentary is set at Lee Perry's mountain top home and studio in Switzerland and features some of the actual sessions for the original studio recording of "Revelation". It focuses on Lee's work in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Steve Marsha ...

Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records (2018)

This stylish documentary about the iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady label is a timely and wide-ranging celebration of british Jamaican working-class youth culture. ...

Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers (2017)

Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee 'Scratch' Perry and ...

Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise (2015)

Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbeliev ...

I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae (2013)

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 six ...

Negus - Lee "Scratch" Perry (2013)

The legendary Jamaican-born dub and regga master Rasta Lee "Scratch" Perry, the spiritual MC of the film, invokes Haile Selassie in a fiery re-enactment of an historical event from the Italian Fascist period when an effigy of the last Negus of Ethiopia, Ha ...

RiseUp (2011)

Rise Up is a journey into the heart of Jamaica - the island that gave birth to the worldwide cultural phenomenon of Reggae. In a society where talent abounds and opportunity is scarce, three distinct and courageous artists fight to rise up from obscurity a ...

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (2008)

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of Kingston in the late 1950's with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. He burst upon the ...

Lee Scratch Perry at the Jazz Café (2008)

Lee Scratch Perry: The Unlimited Destruction (2002)

Footage of Lee Perry's finest titles, a feature on 'Lost Treasures of the ARK' and a special Jet Star preview of The Rasites. ...

Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story (2001)

Profile of the life and music of the legendary reggae singer. ...

Deep Into Dub (1997)

A German documentary that explores dub music, sound system culture and its influence ...

Roots Rock Reggae: Inside The Jamaican Music Scene (1977)

'Roots Rock Reggae' depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalized its heroes. Director Jeremy Marre films Bob Marley and the Wailers, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry record in his legendary Black Ar ...

Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise (2015)

Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbeliev ...