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One Love (2003 film)

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One Love
Directed byRick Elgood
Don Letts
Written byTrevor D. Rhone
Produced byNik Powell
StarringKy-Mani Marley
Cherine Anderson
Vas Blackwood
Idris Elba
Distributed byBlue Dolphin Film Distributors
Release date
  • 7 September 2003 (2003-09-07) (Toronto Film Festival)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryJamaica
LanguageEnglish

One Love is a 2003 Jamaican film starring Ky-Mani Marley and Cherine Anderson. It was written by Trevor D. Rhone and directed by Rick Elgood and Don Letts.

Plot

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A young Rasta musician falls in love with the gospel-singing daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, meeting her as they both sign up for a music contest in which the winner will get twenty thousand US dollars and a record deal. When they start falling in love her father forbids her from seeing him because he wants her to marry a church member. They face overcoming the preacher's disapproval as well as battling a corrupt record producer.

Cast

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In addition to the singing of the two principals, the soundtrack includes Bob Marley and Shaggy.

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