The Don Letts’ will close the Flipside Film Festival tonight at 6pm at Plymouth Arts Centre, with a talk, readings and a panel discussion followed by the events closing party, where the legendary Letts himself will be DJ-ing.
Legendary, ehh? Well, sure. His career has spanned four decades, he’s won a Grammy (with Westway to the World in 2003), directed countless music video, broke new ground with music documentary and is attributed with single-handedly converting punks into reggae-ites. It was the punk ethic that inspired his DIY filmmaking, with The Punk Rock Movie - shot on Super8.

Most recently, the Don - as he isn’t called - was involved with Speakers Corner in 2007, a multi-artist response to the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade.

Oh, and he’s on radio (BBC 6 Music), and he’s just finished a DVD (The Clash: Revoution Rock), and his autobiography’s out (Culture Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers).

Dancehall Queen and Westway to the World, followed by the talk, is on tonight (Saturday May 31) at Plymouth Arts Centre at 6pm.

And if you need any more inspiration to go, have a look at the clip below.

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