St. John Film Society has changed the date and venue for its Free Movie Night. It will now be shown at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Sputnik's Bar in Coral Bay, St. John. This month's feature film presentation is "Africa Unite," a documentary with concert in tribute to Bob Marley, directed by Stephanie Black. (89 minutes, 2008 release).
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On the occasion of Africa Unite in 2005, Marley's family visited Ethiopia to present a live musical tribute to honor the reggae legend on what would have been his 60th birthday. Along with clips of Africa Unite symposiums, the film focuses on the roots of Rastafarianism and the significance of Marley's life to its movement. The film includes performances by his widow, Rita, and sons, Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Damian and Ky-Mani, along with a few vintage clips of Marley himself.
A short video will be presented by local artist Bill Stelzer prior to the documentary. Stelzer will present a short video compilation created for the Waveplace Project, a partnering effort with the One Laptop Per Child Foundation. The foundation brought children's laptops to students in Haiti, Nicaragua, Florida and St. John. The video features the children as they learned digital art, programming and storytelling skills over the course of this extraordinary adventure.