New Film Touches on Bob Marley’s Greatness, but Like His Career It Could’ve Been Much More

All through “Bob Marley: One Love,” I kept wondering what a more ambitious movie of the legendary musician’s life would be like, along the lines of “Gandhi” (1982), “Malcolm X” (1992), and “Milk” (2008). Although foremostly a singer, songwriter, and bandleader, Bob Marley (1945-81) was also a champion of social justice and a key figure in multiple civil rights movements — and all four were also targets of assassinations, though Marley is the only one who survived being shot.