Where to Watch The First Rasta

Need to watch 'The First Rasta' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Hélène Lee-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The First Rasta' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The First Rasta' right now, here are some finer points about the documentary flick.

Released , 'The First Rasta' stars The Abyssinians, Leonard Percival Lowell, Marcus Garvey, HBO Max Romeo The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 26 min, and received a user score of 40 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 2 knowledgeable users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud and impose their culture on the world. In the 1920s Leonard Percival Howell and the First Rastas had a revelation concerning the divinity of Haile Selassie, king of Ethiopia, that established the vision for the most popular mystical movement of the 20th century, Rastafarianism. Although jailed, ridiculed, and treated as insane, Howell, also known as the Gong, established a Rasta community of 4,500 members, the first agro-industrial enterprise devoted to producing marijuana. In the late 1950s the community was dispersed, disseminating Rasta teachings throughout the ghettos of the island. A young singer named Bob Marley adopted Howell's message, and through Marley's visions, reggae made its explosion in the music world."

'The First Rasta' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy .