THE UPSETTER screening in Portland, Oregon
The Portland Art Museum is hosting a public screening of The Upsetter on Thursday, January 28th at 8:30 PM.
THE UPSETTER: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF LEE SCRATCH PERRY
DIRECTOR: ETHAN HIGBEE, ADAM BHALA LOUGH
US, 2008
Some people call Lee “Scratch” Perry a prophet; others claim he’s a madman. Seeing him in the opening scenes—spinning in circles in his plaid shorts and oversized sunglasses, spouting the praises of Jah Rastafari—you could conclude he’s a little bit of both. Kicking off in rural Jamaica, UPSETTER looks into Perry’s youth before segueing to the days of his musical peak in Kingston, where he mentored a young Bob Marley, shaped the reggae sound as we know it today, pioneered a new genre called “dub,” and invented what would become “the remix.” A valuable document of musical culture and a unique character study of a man once called “the Salvador Dali of Reggae,” UPSETTER bears witness to the frenzied life of a legend.
( 90 min )
