Rebel Dread + Q&A 15
Rebel Dread is a film about the life and times of the legendary Don Letts. A crucial figure in punk rock, a huge influence on the Clash and the Sex Pistols, a key member of Big Audio Dynamite, and an award-winning promo and feature director. Don Letts grew up with the ever present threat of racism, police harassment and violence in Britain in the late 60s and 70s, and found meaning and shape to his life in the reggae music he loved so much. This film covers Don’s relationship with the nascent punk scene in 76 and 77 – how rastas and punks found a common bond outside the mainstream, and how introduced dub and reggae to the punks, influencing a whole generation of punk rock acts.
- This screening includes a special in-person Q&A with Don Letts and hosted by Chair of the Showroom Workstation Board, Brendan Moffett.
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- Director
- William E. Badgley
- Duration
- 1 hour 26 minutes
- Cast
- Jazzie B, Mick Jones, Norman Jay
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