Jamaica Movies

  • 1988
    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

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    A collaboration between filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira and performance artist Thomas Pinnock, who performs his "immigrant folktales" using traditional lore...

    The Lure and the Lore
  • 1981
    Reggae Music

    Reggae Music

    Reggae Music

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    Documentary about reggae in Jamaica and its history. Filmed in 1979.

    Reggae Music
  • 2008
    Dub Echoes

    Dub Echoes

    Dub Echoes

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    “Dub Echoes” is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music....

    Dub Echoes
  • 1999
    Third World Cop

    Third World Cop

    Third World Cop

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    Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he unc...

    Third World Cop
  • 2013
    I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae

    I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae

    I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae

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    This feature length documentary charts the story of the great Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee. A legend himself, there’s not a lot of pioneers of roots and reggae...

    I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
  • 1964
    This Is Ska

    This Is Ska

    This Is Ska

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    This is Ska is a Hi-Energy documentary on JAMAICAN dance music from 1964

    This Is Ska
  • 2011
    Hit me with music

    Hit me with music

    Hit me with music

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    30 years after Bob Marley's death Jamaica continues to be on top of the world-wide music scene. Reggae has evolved into a new genre, Dancehall.

    Hit me with music
  • 2014
    KHAMAICA

    KHAMAICA

    KHAMAICA

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    NYC based photographer, Khalik Allah, travels to Jamaica to connect with family and document the streets. This is his synopsis.

    KHAMAICA
  • 2021
    Welcome to Jamaica

    Welcome to Jamaica

    Welcome to Jamaica

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    Inspired by Rachel Moseley-Wood’s essay “The Other Jamaica”, Damian Marley’s controversial song “Welcome to Jamrock”, and juxtaposed views of Jamaica...

    Welcome to Jamaica
  • 2023
    Soon Come Back

    Soon Come Back

    Soon Come Back

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    Soon Come Back is a poetic documentary about migration’s effect on Nande's relationships to “home” in Jamaica and the US, and her feelings of alienati...

    Soon Come Back
  • 2011
    The First Rasta

    The First Rasta

    The First Rasta

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    Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with comp...

    The First Rasta
  • 2007
    Promoe: Standard Bearer

    Promoe: Standard Bearer

    Promoe: Standard Bearer

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    "Standard Bearer" chronicles the recording of Swedish rapper Promoe's album "White Mans Burden". It features studio recordings from the making of the...

    Promoe: Standard Bearer
  • 2016
    Matilda's Bridge, a Duppy Story

    Matilda's Bridge, a Duppy Story

    Matilda's Bridge, a Duppy Story

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    Will Brown, A life coach, investigates the connection of the Duppy-Man and the disappearance of two of his clients while on vacation in Jamaica.

    Matilda's Bridge, a Duppy Story