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We are currently working on integrating Members discounts into single ticket purchases online. We apologize for the inconvenience, however, member tickets can be ordered by calling the Box Office at 415.978.2787 between 11 am–6 pm.

The Upsetter: The Life and...
Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:30 PM
YBCA Screening Room

THE UPSETTER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LEE SCRATCH PERRY
BY ETHAN HIGBEE & ADAM BHALA LOUGH
Fri, Apr 24 & Sat, Apr 25, 7:30 pm

Director Ethan Higbee in person for Q&A

Watch the trailer:


Agitator. Innovator. Genius. Bear witness to the legend that is Lee “Scratch” Perry. From his early days as a mentor to the young Bob Marley, to his peak musicmaking period of the mid to late 70s, known as the Black Ark Studio years (the studio he built out of a shack, and subsequently burned down during a drug-fuelled frenzy), this film is an intoxicating interview, Reggae and dub filled extravaganza, venerating the life and times of a man once called “the Salvador Dali of Reggae.” (2008, 90 min, digital video)