“Vivid autobiography from the Grammy Award–winning
filmmaker, friend of The Clash and Bob Marley, DJ and
co-founder of Big Audio Dynamite.”—Observer Music
Monthly“Whether relating tales of fainting at Black
Panther meetings, being stopped under SUS laws, going to
Jamaica, hanging out with Bob Marley and Afrika
Bambaataa, forming a band with Mick Jones and most
recently capturing Gil Scott Heron, Paul Weller and
George Clinton on celluloid, he emerges as an
intelligent, arresting, thoroughly likeable
narrator.”—Mojo“[Don] Letts is extraordinarily honest in
every sense. Throughout, his sense of assurance and
confidence in his place within the world—outsider and
insider by equal measure—is inspiring.”—The Wire“The
best lesson that the filmmaker Don Letts’ autobiography
can teach modern Britain is a simple one. Never limit
yourself. Letts did not allow himself to be fully
defined by his colour, nationality or even his
Rastafarianism. That helped him play a part in the
unification of the punk and reggae scenes. In doing so,
he helped race relations in this country to no end.”—The
Independent“Letts’ opinionated and witty narrative is
full of the kind of anecdotes (filming and hanging out
with the Clash, Sex Pistols, Bob Marley and more) that
some people would trade a limb for.”—Q RecommendsDon
Letts has never pigeonholed himself. Culture Clash is a
firsthand account, told in Letts’ own words—it’s highly
visual, revelatory, irreverent, entertaining, and
staunchly individual. |
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