Stepping Razor: Red X

{{short description|1992 Canadian documentary film}} {{Infobox film | name = Stepping Razor: Red X | image = | caption = Film poster | director = [[Nicholas Campbell]] | producer = Edgar Egger | writer = | narrator = | music = | cinematography = Edgar Egger | editing = Trevor Ambrose | studio = Bush Doctor Films | distributor = Malofilm | released = {{film date|1992|09||[[1992 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Stepping Razor: Red X''''' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by [[Nicholas Campbell]] and released in 1992.<ref>Craig MacInnis, "Campbell walks the Razor's edge". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 18, 1992.</ref> The film is a portrait of reggae musician [[Peter Tosh]], drawn both from Tosh's "Red X" series of autobiographical tapes that he was recording at the time of his murder and from interviews with other figures about Tosh's cultural impact.<ref>Noel Taylor, "Film on slain Tosh an epitaph and a warning". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 3, 1993.</ref>

The film premiered at the [[1992 Toronto International Film Festival|1992 Festival of Festivals]].<ref>Rita Zekas, "Glitter everywhere, but no cheese whatsits". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 11, 1992.</ref>

The film received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary]] at the [[14th Genie Awards]].<ref>"The Lotus Eaters strong contender at Genies". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 11, 1993.</ref> Peter Goddard of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' called it "one of the best musical documentaries about any star, in any genre, ever."<ref>Peter Goddard, "The devil and Peter Tosh". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 24, 1993.</ref>

On October 17, 2018, the film received a special screening at the [[TIFF Bell Lightbox]] to mark the official legalization of [[cannabis in Canada]].<ref>Brad Wheeler, "Nicholas Campbell's film on reggae ‘prophet' Peter Tosh to screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox on legalization day". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 16, 2018.</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0105471}}

[[Category:1992 films]] [[Category:1992 documentary films]] [[Category:Canadian musical documentary films]] [[Category:Reggae films]] [[Category:1992 English-language films]] [[Category:1992 Canadian films]] [[Category:English-language documentary films]]