Bob Marley: One Love – a captivating film that keeps his legacy alive

By Dwight Brown Film Critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire (***)& It’s like Bob Marley never left this earth. Credit his infectious music for keeping his legacy alive.& When you hear a Marley song, you get a fresh feeling. Like you’re listening to it for the first time, even though you’re not. Forty-three years after the reggae king’s death, his essence, love, wisdom and social concerns are alive and well in his verses, choruses, lyrics and melodies. The power of Marley’s music will lift viewers spirits for 1h 44m, as his story unfolds.& & The script by Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers and Zach Baylin isn’t a cradle-to-grave recollection. Instead, it largely features snippets of his childhood, some adolescent years with most of the focus on his adulthood. This cliff notes version will satisfy the casual Marley fan. Those wanting a deeper dive should view the informative 2h 44min doc Marley, which was released in 2012 or read the detailed 464-page biography So Much Things to Say – The Oral History of Bob Marley, published in 2017. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) brings Marley back to life like a griot telling a story to his village. The peaks,...