May 2011
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Super Ape x Super 8: Q+A with the Directors of “The Upsetter” + Video Clips
Words by Jesse Serwer
Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough’s The Upsetter is nothing like the run-of-the-mill artist documentaries you see on TV. The movie is all Lee “Scratch” Perry from start to finish, mixing rare ’70s and ’80s footage of the mystical Jamaican producer with illuminating present-day conversations....
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Adam Bhala Lough on his Lee "Scratch" Perry movie
Lee Perry in 1992 The thing about shooting a movie about Lee “Scratch” Perry is that you always need to look out for flames. “Fire to him represents absolute truth,” says Adam Bhala Lough, whose film The Upsetter, about the legendary Jamaican producer, shows tonight at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Lough will do a Q&A after the first show.
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Interview: Ethan Higbee & Adam Bhala Lough...
When filmmakers Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough came into Lee Scratch Perry’s life he had already squelched the dreams of other documentarians wanting to make a movie about him. But there was something about that time, not long after the turn of the century, which allowed Perry to open up and receive Higbee and Lough with almost complete openness. The resulting documentary The Upsetter: The Life...
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Review, The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee... →
4.5 (out of 5) Star review
There’s hardly a personality in the music universe that is as innovative, eccentric and plain weird as Lee “Scratch” Perry, the Jamaica-bred artist who produced Bob Marley’s earliest records yet somehow managed to stay out of the public’s eye over the years. Thankfully, co-director Adam Bhala Lough, who directed the Lil Wayne documentary The Carter, goes a long way to...
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realajstone asked: I simply loved "Weapons". I wrote a review on it, actually. Any possibility for a sequel? I look forward to seeing more of your films and--hopefully--work with you in the future.