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‘The way they’ve been exploited is obscene’: the untold story of forgotten UK reggae heroes Cimarons

They were the UK’s first reggae band and played with everyone from Bob Marley to Paul McCartney. So how have such an influential group been so overlooked?

Then a manager ran off with their money and they were left stranded in Ghana while their equipment was on a plane to Nigeria, forcing them to make the perilous journey after it by road, into a country in the middle of a civil war. Photograph: David Corio/RedfernsPeople began to go their separate ways, with Reedy having a successful career moving over to lovers rock, while Dunn returned to Jamaica to work on the family farm. But, as the documentary captures with real warmth, tenderness and humour, the band are lovingly back together with a new singer, Michael Arkk, and playing festivals all across Europe, finally seeing some long overdue praise.

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