Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend, DVD review I Shot the Sheriff is Bob Marley's opposition song to the Pill, claims his lover Esther Anderson in this intimate documentary about the singer's early career. It certainly puts a different spin on the lyrics. Is Anderson joking? Narrating this story 40 years later from the comfort of a sofa, it appears not. Anderson and her Chilean co-director Gian Godoy offer an intriguing glimpse of the singer in his twenties. Anderson, a Jamaican actress, met Marley in 1972 at an Island Records party in New York. The Wailers had just released their first album Catch a Fire, and Anderson, who had lived in London, saw them as Jamaica's answer to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. She offered to promote their music by making a film about them. This low-budget DVD features some of her footage from the time, which turned up in 2000 after her tapes went missing in the Seventies. Anderson makes much of these scenes, but they are grainy, crackly and puzzlingly insubstantial. In one episode, Marley changes a tyre. "A human moment," says Anderson. Most of Marley's stoned musings are also obscure. However, this film does contain interesting claims about Anderson's influence. It was she who encouraged Marley to write about segregation (Get Up, Stand Up) after they were put in a separate hotel from white record executives on tour; and she who persuaded the Wailers to wear dreadlocks to convey a Rastafarian image. The Marley-inspired soundtrack features four songs by Akila Barrett, the son of Carlton Barrett, the Wailers' original drummer, and nephew of Aston Barrett, the Wailers' bass player. Barrett's uplifting melodies and funk-infused reggae rhythms of In Control and Love Reggae Music stand out. This affectionately-made documentary throws up some interesting points, and Anderson's "lost tapes" undoubtedly have archival value. However, all but the completist may find it lacks enough compelling material. Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend, 96mins