For those of you more inclined towards UK roots reg­gae cul­ture than euro-beats, there’s a little some­thing for you at the Film Archive this Thursday 7th.

The Archive, in col­lab­or­a­tion with NiceUp – loc­al reg­gae for­um and dance­hall spe­cial­ists – present the premiere Aus­tralasi­an screen­ing of Music­ally Mad, a doco that exam­ines sound sys­tem cul­ture and the UK roots reg­gae scene, inter­view­ing some of the shin­ing lights of the com­munity, past and present, and provid­ing an his­tor­ic­al con­text for the Carib­bean-influ­enced music­al cul­ture. The film is brand spank­ing new and Nice Up are keen to show it off to the loc­al scene, so much so that they (and their spon­sors) invite you to come down early, at 6pm, to the Archive – on the corner of Ghuznee and Tarana­ki Sts – for food, drink and social­ising pri­or to the movie screen­ing at 7pm. Read more here.

Tick­ets are on sale now from the NZ Film Archive for $8/$6 con­ces­sion, as well as avail­able on the night.