Handsworth, Birmingham, immortalized by Steel Pulse's classic tune, gave rise to several reggae heavywights, among them celebrated poet, playwright, author, Benjamin Zephaniah, a wordsmith and master of "dub-poetry". 1989 Interview and performance pieces were shot in Central Park and environs, NYC: "Dis Poetry", "Sun City/Blood City", "You Start Turn Green", "The Woman I Love".

Hip-hop and rap historians know that this contemporary American genre owes a debt to the early toasters and dee-jays of Jamaican dancehall music. Reggae Strong stayed up all night to document this 1986 sound system clash at Brooklyn's infamous Biltmore Ballroom, between Terrorist Underground and Mini-Mart, two New York-based outfits represented by General Trees, Sasafrass, Sleepy Wonder, Early B and a host of local dee-jays.

Sometimes referred to as reggae's "greatest living artist", Jimmy Cliff, the legendary star of the 1973 film classic, The Harder They Come is interviewed on location in Sag Harbor, NY in 1988. The program features live footage of Cliff in concert at Bay Street, performing. "Reggae Down Babylon", "Keep up the Pressure on Botha", and "Hanging Fire". Cliff discusses his film roles in, "The Harder They Come", "Club Paradise", and "Bongo Man".

Mutabaruka is an uncompromising (dub) poet whose commanding stage presence is matched only by the scathing power of his words. One of Jamaica's most outspoken reggae artists and broadcasters, he is interviewed and captured in this 1984 program performing, "Blacks in America", "Every Time A ‘Ear de Soun", "Sisters Poem", and "Prisoner" at New York City's legendary Lone Star Café.

Ras Michael represents the Orthodox wing of the reggae party. The "heir apparent to Count Ossie", has at the heart and foundation of his music, Rastafarian, nyabinghi drumming. This 1990 program explores the Rasta roots of reggae and features Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus in concert at NYC's heartland venue, Kiliamanjaro, performing, "I'm a Man Just Like You" and "Marriage in Canaan".

Drum and bass are the backbone and heart of reggae music and Jamaican musicians, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare may be the most famous drum and bass duo in the world. This prolific twosome has played on 50,000 tracks and produced and jammed with artists from all branches of the musical tree. In this program, the "Riddim Twins" are interviewed while mixing "Just Dance" at Power Play Studio in NY, 1989.

Soul Vibrations, Nicaragua, reggae, roots, Central America, Bluefields, Garifuna, Phillip Ellis Montalban, Raymond Myers, Arjuna Flores, autonomy, "Black History", "Solidarity", "Rock Down Central America", "You Ain't Gonna Be Lonely", SOBs, Sandinista, Keith Thompson, "Can't Take It"

For more than 30 years, reggae's International Ambassadors have been touring and recording, bringing "roots with quality" to adoring fans around the globe. This program features the band in rehearsal, interview, & a studio performance of "Reggae Radio Station", and was videotaped at EARS Studio, in New Jersey in 1984 and '86.