Bob Marley’s former publicist and biographer fills in the story told in a new biopic

Vivien Goldman speaks with host Marco Werman about the time that is captured in the new biopic out on Wednesday, “Bob Marley: One Love,” and how the attempted political assassination on Marley in 1976 changed his thinking and his lyrics.

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