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How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’

Film already making waves at the box office
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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows director Reinaldo Marcus Green, left, and Lashana Lynch on the set of “Bob Marley: One Love.” (Chiabella James/Paramount Pictures via AP)

People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt quite right, until a few years ago when they decided to be the instigators.

“It was just a feeling,” Ziggy Marley said of getting his father’s life on screen in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

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