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African Night Fever & Easy Skankin Present:
Don Letts: The legendary Rebel Dread
Join African Night Fever & Friends for an unforgettable night of rhythm, energy, and pure vibes! From Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Lovers Rock and Rock steady all under one roof courtesy of The Legendary Rebel Dread Don Letts on the decks.
Don Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body of work from the late 70's through the 80's, 90’s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in The Kitchen N.Y.C, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The N.F.T in London and was honoured at Brooklyn’s BAM festival and The Milan Film festival. In March 2003 he won a Grammy for his documentary ‘Westway to The World’.
He came to notoriety in the late 70's as the DJ that single handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae. It was whilst as a D.J. at the first punk club 'The Roxy' in 1977, that Don adopted the punk D.I.Y ethic and begun to make his first film 'The Punk Rock Movie'. Shot on Super-8mm it is the only documentary on the U.K punk scene w/ Sex Pistols-The Clash and many others. This led to a period directing over 300 music videos for an eclectic mix of diverse artists ranging from Public Image to Bob Marley. He then moved into documentary work covering the likes of Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, George Clinton and most recently Paul McCartney. Dancehall Queen (co-directed by Rick Elgood) shot in location in Jamaica 1997 was his first feature film.
Sample African Caribbean Food on sale from the African Night Fever favourites Soul Food Sister, Sip on the Rum and Sway to beats of Happiness.
