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Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae

Documentary chronicling the coming-together of rocksteady's surviving vocal stars, including the Tamlins, U-Roy, Ken Boothe, Leroy Sibbles, Judy Mowatt, Dawn Penn, Rita Marley and Marcia Griffiths, for a reunion concert celebrating a golden era of reggae. The film examines the genre's beginnings as tuneful, mellow music following Jamaica's independence from Great Britain in 1962, which became more politically charged as social unrest hit the streets due to an economic downturn in 1968.

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals, The Heptones and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rock Steady". Dances performed to rocksteady were less energetic than the earlier ska dances. The first international rocksteady hit was "Hold Me Tight" (1968) by the American soul singer Johnny Nash; it reached number one in Canada.

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