{"id":1493,"date":"2011-02-01T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2011-02-01T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T15:28:45","slug":"african-american-music-film-series-begins-thursday-february-3-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2011\/02\/01\/african-american-music-film-series-begins-thursday-february-3-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Music Film Series Begins Thursday February 3, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual African American Music Film Series, hosted by Archives &amp; Special Collections at the Dodd Research Center, begins Thursday February 3, 2011 with the screening of The Bob Marley Story, Caribbean Nights: a documentary on the life of Bob Marley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bobmarley_caribbeannights3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1497\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bobmarley_caribbeannights3.jpg?w=166\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/02\/bobmarley_caribbeannights3.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/02\/bobmarley_caribbeannights3-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/02\/bobmarley_caribbeannights3-568x1024.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">Bob Marley died in 1981 at the age of 36, and was buried in the parish of Nine Miles, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">in the heart of rural Jamaica where he was born. In his brief life he went from a poor upbringing to international stardom, the first artist from the Third World to be acclaimed to that degree. He brought the music of Jamaica and his deep beliefs to the rest of the world. This award winning documentary traces the life of Bob Marley, from interviews with his friends and family to rare archive footage of interviews with Bob Marley himself capturing the feel and timelessness of his music and the man himself. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">The Bob Marley Story, Caribbean Nights: a documentary on the life of Bob Marley<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">Thursday, February 3, 2011<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">4:00 pm<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">Konover Auditorium, Dodd Research Center<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:BellMT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual African American Music Film Series, hosted by Archives &amp; Special Collections at the Dodd Research Center, begins Thursday February 3, 2011 with the screening of The Bob Marley Story, Caribbean Nights: a documentary on the life of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2011\/02\/01\/african-american-music-film-series-begins-thursday-february-3-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}