BOB MARLEY’S INCREDIBLE LIFE IN ICONIC PICTURES!

Three decades on from the death of Bob Marley, his amazing public and private life has been documented in a new film.

The Jamaican musician popularised reggae music with tracks like I Shot The Sheriff, No Woman No Cry and One Love while shifting tens of millions of albums.

But it was the message he brought to the world – poltiical, social and spiritual – which means he’s revered as a prophet rather than only a musician.

The epic biographical documentary Marley is an admirably frank warts-and-all look at his life rare featuring footage and revelatory interviews with his friends and family.

From his youth in rural Jamaica to emergence as a musical icon and eventual death from cancer at 36 in May 1981, it is a fascinating tale of a great musician.

And we’ve dug into our archives for this collection of revealing photos of the reggae legend – both on stage and intimate behind-the-scenes shots.

Martin Scorsese originally signed up to direct Marley but the project was later taken on by Touching The Void and The Last King of Scotland film-maker Kevin Macdonald.

He said he wasn’t worried about working with Bob Marley’s family on his documentary about the reggae legend.

The  filmmaker said he hopes that Marley is the definitive documentary of the musician, and that it being “authorised” doesn’t detract from its clarity.

“You can’t worry about that if you’re trying to be impartial, if you’re trying to be honest,” he said of collaborating with the Marleys.

“In a way we worked together and in another way we didn’t.

“Because I was in London and (Marley’s oldest son Ziggy) lives in LA and some of the other family is in Florida and places, we didn’t actually see that much of each other while making the film.”

Ziggy added: “For all these years, I’ve seen so many things on Bob and I always felt like: ‘Who are these people talking about Bob and writing about Bob?'”

The film is out now.