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The Marley Family Will Not License Bob Marley's Music for Weinstein Company's Biopic Release

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The family of Bob Marley have had a long-standing policy not to license his music for any film or television production whereby there is an actor portraying Bob Marley. Due to this policy, the family will not issue, and have not issued, any licenses for his music to be included in any such film. There have been several requests over the years from different companies and individuals to license Bob Marley music for different projects and all of them have been declined, including the proposed Weinstein production of Rita Marley's book 'No woman no cry.'

Bob MarleyWeinstein Company Brings Bob Marley's Story to the Big Screen
Rita Marley's 'No Woman No Cry' to be Adapted Into a Movie

By Rebecca Murray, About.com

Mar 12 2008

Bob Marley's life will be the subject of a feature film from The Weinstein Company. Lizzie Borden adapted the screenplay based on Rita Marley's autobiography, No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley, published in 2004. The film marks the first authorized biography of the gifted reggae musician who passed away from cancer on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.

Royal couple celebrate Marley life

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have celebrated the life and music of Jamaica's most famous son - Bob Marley.

Charles and Camilla joined the star's widow Rita Marley at a mini concert staged in the grounds of the musician's former home turned museum in Kingston.

The singer, guitarist and activist's phenomenal success made reggae music popular across the globe and brought international attention to the Caribbean island of Jamaica.

The royal couple, who are touring the Caribbean, were greeted by Mrs Marley under a statue of the star in the grounds of the museum opened in May 1986.

Lauryn Hill for Marley flick

Lauryn Hill might play the wife of deceased reggae legend Bob Marley in an upcoming biopic.

Marley’s widow Rita has tapped Hill to play her in the movie, based on the 2004 memoir No Woman No Cry.

"Lauryn would be ideal. She sees my life as her life,” Rita said. "This story is about a girl from the ghetto and a boy from the rural areas. It's more than being a superstar. It's more than just a story, it's a reality.”

[Published: 10-Mar-2008]
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Jamaican ghetto upholds Marley legacy
Bob Marley's legacy is being revived in Trenchtown

By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Jamaica

I remember when we used to sit/ In the government yard in Trenchtown.../ And then Georgie would make the fire lights/ And it was logwood burnin' through the nights/ Then we would cook cornmeal porridge/ Of which I'll share with you...
These days, people in Trenchtown, a gritty, violence-wracked district of Kingston, don't gather around logwood fires, sup on communal broth and sing songs any longer.

Life has moved on in Bob Marley country.