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Full Record for Film No. 211


Title:Rockers
Director 1:Theodoros Bafaloukos
Country:UK
Year:1979
length:100 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:feature film
Screenwriter:Theodoros Bafaloukos
Cinematographer:Peter Sova
Editor:Susan Steinberg
Producer:Patrick Hulsey
Production company:
Cast:Leroy Wallace, Richard Hall, Higher, Jack Ruby, Peter Honiball
Location:TABB
TABB No.:89
Synopsis:Substituting the convoluted back alleys of Trenchtown (Kingston, Jamaica) for the leafy glades of Sherwood Forest, "Rockers" follows the adventures of Horsemouth, an impoverished Rasta musician, whose attempts to muscle himself some of the Jamaican music biz action bring him up against the more unsavoury elements in the industry.
Keyword 1:reggae
Keyword 2:youth
Keyword 3:black
Keyword 4:Rastafarianism
Keyword 5:Jamaica
Keyword 6:music

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