Land of Look Behind

Infobox Film
name = Land of Look Behind


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caption = DVD cover
director = Alan Greenberg
producer = Alan Greenberg
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starring = Gregory Isaacs
Louis Lepke
Mutabaruka
Bob Marley
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cinematography = Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
editing =
distributor = Solo Man
Subversive Cinema
released = December 26 1982
runtime = 90 mins
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:28172
imdb_id = 0157918

"Land of Look Behind" is a 1982 documentary film about Jamaica. It was filmed in May and June of 1981 by Alan Greenberg, and was the director's first film. The film's cinematographer was Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, an associate of Werner Herzog. The musical score is by K. (Kerry) Leimer.

Werner Herzog has said "This film achieves things never seen before in the history of cinema." Fact|date=February 2007 The American director Jim Jarmusch has said that "Land of Look Behind" is "striking...beautiful...near-perfect." Fact|date=February 2007

The film begins with footage of Jamaica's wild interior region called the Cockpit Country. It also features extraordinary footage of the funeral of reggae musician Bob Marley.

A number of Rastafarians are interviewed, and performers Gregory Isaacs and Mutabaruka are also featured. In addition, Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets performs a spoken word piece during Marley's funeral service.

"Land of Look Behind" won the Chicago International Film Festival's .

In 2006 the film was released on DVD, with commentary by Greenberg and Herzog.

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*imdb title|id=0157918
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E0D8123BF935A15751C1A964948260 Article from "The New York Times"]