Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie (1983)

  
Format:  Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie DVD 
 
 
A stunning account of the 1983 Reggae Sunsplash Festival, this film from Philadelphian Robert Mugge ("Entertaining the Troops") takes you up-close to performances by such music greats as Gregory Isaacs, Third World, Gil Scott-Heron, The Skatalites, and Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers. 105 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.
 
SKU: D52756
$19.99
Category:
Concerts and Performing Arts
Color:
Color
Format: 
DVD Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Gregory Isaacs, Gil Scott-Herron, Ziggy Marley
 

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