The year punk and reggae collided in a sweaty London basement.
Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
Direction
Don Letts captures his own scene with insider intimacy.
Cinematography
Super 8 footage feels like stolen memories from history.
Editing
Punky, jagged cuts mirror the music's raw energy.
Director
Don Letts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Don Letts was the Clash's official videographer and later directed their music videos, making this essentially a home movie from inside the explosion.
The title references Culture's seminal reggae album released in 1977, the same year as Never Mind the Bollocks—the synchronicity wasn't coincidence, it was collision.
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