Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land

Name: Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-08-22
Cast: Nana McLean, Leroy Sibbles, Roy Panton, Jerry Brown, Yvonne Harrison

At the height of the golden age of reggae, some of Jamaica’s brightest stars left their homeland behind to shine their light in an unlikely hub of Caribbean creativity: Toronto.

20241 seasonONF/NFB

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Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land follows the journeys of these icons. Through rare archives and infectious beats, this captivating five-part anthology series takes you from Kingston to Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.