Irish Film Institute -The Upsetter – The Life & Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter – The Life & Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. A visionary musician and artist from rural Jamaica, he 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 scene with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called Reggae, discovering a young Bob Marley and gaining international recognition as a record producer and solo artist.

The Upsetter charts 70 years in the life of the artist through an exclusive interview given to American filmmakers Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough in Switzerland in 2006. It is equally a documentation of 30 years of Jamaican music and culture.

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