Director Kevin MacDonald starts his film at the source: the ramshackle village house where Bob Marley was born in 1945. With rare glimpses of his formative years and unprecedented interviews with friends, family and fellow performers, he assembles a vivid portrait of the man who would become a legend through his music.
"With Bob, I think people feel like they have more than just a musical connection," notes MacDonald. "It's more than about the fact that he wrote beautiful melodies and had a beautiful voice. It's about the fact that what he is singing about they find relevance in.
"Almost anywhere in the developing world, people adore Bob Marley," the director adds. "You go to India and they isten to Bob Marley [and] there are murals of Bob Marley in Delhi and places like that. He is literally the only icon of world music who comes from the Third World. He is the Third World superstar. But then in the West, I think it's more about the rebelliousness and anti-establishment nature of him."
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