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Africa Unite
Country:United States of America
Director:Stefanie Black
Program:Contemporary World Cinema
Year:
2007
Summary:
The spirit of Bob Marley imbues this documentary-cum-concert recorded in 2005, the year of the late reggae pioneer's 60th birthday. Yet it was more than Marley's music that drew thousands of people to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a week of music, symposiums, and other events. More than any other genre-defining artist of the pop music era Marley's work contained an overt political element, and it is his message of resistance to oppression and the necessity for people to work together to enact change that galvanizes this film which juxtaposes old news footage from Africa's colonial past with new material in which the vital importance of African self-sufficiency is discussed.
