The Harder They Come
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Jimmy Cliff
Original 1970s UK theatrical poster
Before reggae became global, this film helped kick the door open.
Jimmy Cliff is Ivanhoe Martin: singer, hustler, outlaw and doomed folk hero.
Perry Henzell’s Jamaica isn’t presented as a postcard. It’s hot, political, violent, funny and alive, with one of the greatest soundtracks ever attached to a film.
The poster looks almost like a reggae record sleeve that escaped onto a cinema wall.