Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

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Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

2018

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After an unsuccessful attempt at establishing himself in the early 1970s music scene, Jamaican-born reggae legend Stranger Cole opens a record store, the first Caribbean business in Toronto's Kensington Market.

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Directed by: Chris Flanagan
Graeme Mathieson
Written by: Chris Flanagan
Produced by: Chris Flanagan
Graeme Mathieson

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