This documentary is directed by Kevin Macdonald (Last King of Scotland) about the iconic Bob Marley. It has a lot great music, and educational for the everyday casual fans. I'm sure their most ardent fans know all these stories. At 144 minutes, it is quite long for most people. It flows well especially the last half. Lots of things start to happen. One thing I do have to warn people. It's necessary to get used to the tough Jamaican accent. It could get difficult to understand. There was a lot of talking heads interviews. But in the end, the music is great, and the history is enlightening.

I'll admit freely that I hadn't looked at any biography of Mr. Marley (please tell me you didn't think this movie had anything to do with that dog film starring Owen Wilson? Thanks),so maybe that helped or it didn't while watching this. But I think this is as accurate and fully explored as far as biographies go. It covers quite a lot of ground and is a really satisfying look behind the curtains of a man that more than influenced (music) history.

It might be a bit too long for some, but the time is needed to explore as much as I stated above. If you like the music or music in general and don't mind documentaries, you can't go wrong with this one (throwing in a few songs for good measure).

Now this is what I call a great quality documentary. Even if you're not a fan of Bob Marley you still can enjoy this biography. Just because it is well made with plenty of archived footage. And all of the cast are the actual people that had a place in his life, in his band or in his daily life. The documentary is of course full of great songs, from the beginning of his career till the end. And honestly I don't know many people that just don't like Bob Marley. He's one of those artists that you can't hate. Full of positive vibrations. It's a pleasure to watch this documentary , to see where he came from, from the ghetto, to see how far he progressed until his tragic end, beaten by cancer at a much too young of age. He will always be remembered as the Rastafarian that only wanted peace and unity for everyone. One Love!