Movies: Ska

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah ...

Outlines the history of 40 years of the skinhead subculture, beginning with the most recent versions of the culture....

Rocksteady to both a visual and musical documentary of the big shots of the English 2-Tone movement of the late 1970s that has the exhaustive, high-energy performances exploding onto stage. Jump, shout, twist and crawl and dance to the tunes of Ska a...

The DVD release of the band's performance at Madstock 1998 (Sunday 12th of June) in London's Finsbury Park, which was attended by 75,000 people....

Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different skinhead scenes through the decades. Beginning in the late 1960s, Don fondly recalls a time of multiracial h...

Autobiographical account of the cult 80's British pop group 'Madness (II)' , with members of the group playing themselves, charting their rise from humble beginnings as pub band The Invaders to chart success and their first overseas tour. The film fo...

This is Ska is a Hi-Energy documentary on JAMAICAN dance music from 1964...

After an unsuccessful attempt at establishing himself in the early 1970s music scene, Jamaican-born reggae legend Stranger Cole opens a record store, the first Caribbean business in Toronto's Kensington Market....

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Roadkill Jamboree is a stop-motion/ 2D hybrid music video about how roads and drivers affect animals, featuring music from the ska-punk band Suburban Legends. This grim yet humorous story centers around a band of five undead animals encompassing vari...

Live at the U.S. Festival, ’82 and ’83, a DVD featuring both years’ concerts in their entirety, compiling the best performances from each year. It stands as a fine tribute to a legendary ’80s/ska band and the only representation of their fantastic li...

Documentary about skinheads....

A concert film & documentary about the current US Ska Punk scene, following the 2023 Bad Time Records Tour...

Through humor, anecdotes and their songs, mythical Venezuelan ska band Desorden Público tells their story and that of three decades of their country....

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Southside Festival 2013, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany...