Surely one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, The Last King of Scotland director, Kevin Macdonald, expresses the world's and his own passion for Bob Marley. It's executive producer is Marley's son, David "Ziggy" Marley and Island Records owner, Chris Blackwell - both huge Marley fans. It consists of interviews with people who knew Bob Marley and it also has lots of old and new footage, like some of the gigs The Wailers threw and shots of the clinic in Germany, Marley was treated at. The film suffers one let down - it's length. It's 144 minutes long and you can feel a bit restless one hour and three quarters in. Kevin Macdonald clearly has a passion for Bob Marley, it's blatantly obvious. It delves deep into Robert Marley's roots, like his father, Norval Marley a captain in the Royal Marines and his racial origins. Macdonald gives you so much information it's tiring stuff and he endlessly screams at you that Bob Marley's hope and belief is still in the world today, 21 years after his death.
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