World premiere at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in conjunction with the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
ROCKSTEADY : THE ROOTS OF REGGAE
From July 4 to 12
Muse Entertainment is thrilled to present the world premiere of the documentary film Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae at the Musée d’art contemporain from July 4 to 12 with four screenings every day. The film takes a close look at Rocksteady, a musical era in the 1960s that developed the buoyant rhythms, prominent bass line, beautiful vocals and socially conscious lyrics that became Reggae. Forty years after this Golden Age of Jamaican music, the remaining great singers and musicians of Rocksteady come together once more to record an album of their greatest hits, to perform at a reunion concert and to tell their story - all of it captured in this stunning film.
The singers featured are Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths and Dawn Penn; Hopeton Lewis, Stranger Cole, Derrick Morgan, Ken Boothe, Leroy Sibbles and U-Roy. Among the musicians are Earnest Ranglin, Sly Dunbar, Jackie Jackson, Gladstone Anderson, Hux Brown and Scully Simms. A special guest star in the film is Rita Marley, who along with, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths made up the I-Threes, Bob Marley’s backup singers during his rapid rise to stardom. These artists reunite to take us on a trip through time with such legendary hits as Rivers of Babylon, The Tide Is High and Stop That Train.
What is Rocksteady? A blend of ska, North American soul and R&B, this Jamaican sound was all the rage just before the advent of reggae. The documentary Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae traces its history and reunites the last great singers and musicians of the golden age of this soulful, rhythmic music. Four decades after its peak, the voices and instruments of the veterans of Rocksteady were reassembled a final time to record a greatest hits album, perform live, and tell their stories in Stascha Bader’s documentary.
And in what’s certain to be the greatest Rocksteady event ever seen, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal had the bright idea to reunite these originators of reggae… for real, live onstage! The Festival invites fans to the Grande soirée XM Radio Satellite, a free outdoor Rocksteady megaconcert live from the General Motors stage on Tuesday, July 7, 9:00 p.m.
Movie tickets on sale now through Admission Network. Also available in person at the Musée d'art contemporain or by telephone from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 514-847- 6212. From July 4 to 12, during the film’s run tickets can be purchased at the Musée until 9 p.m.
4 movie screenings daily from July 4 to 12
2 p.m. and 7 p.m., with French subtitles
4 p.m. and 9 p.m., in original English version
Saturday July 4: 2 screenings only at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Film length: 98 minutes.
Admission
Adults: $12
Children (age 13 and under): $8
Seniors (age 65 and over): $8
Free admission into the Museum’s exhibitions until July 12 with the purchase of a ticket to the film.
