Bob Marley Doc to Preview at Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival 2011: Bob Marley Documentary

Kevin McDonald, who directed The Last King of Scotland, is showing a preview of Marley, his Bob Marley documentary, at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, just in time for the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley's death.

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Bob Marley died from melanoma in Miami on May 11, 1981. The first "Third World" resident to become an international superstar, Bob Marley has now influenced two generations of musicians, as well as becoming an icon for personal and spiritual freedom. McDonald notes the chanting of Bob Marley lyrics during the pro-democracy uprising in Tunisia, for example.

The Cannes Film Festival runs May 11-22. Watch for work from Japan's enfant terrible Takashi Miike, dogme posterboy Lars von Trier, and Spain's iconic Pedro Almodovar. Jodie Foster's The Beaver (Mel Gibson's comeback attempt) and the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides are screening out of competition.

Kevin McDonald talks with BBC Radio 6 about his Bob Marley doc: