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This video presents the third and fourth segments of a fascinating six part series documenting the history of reggae music. Shot on film by an Oscar nominated cameraman, Deep Roots Music was produced in the early 1980s, just after the premature death of Bob Marley. This film includes the programs "The Bunny Lee Story" and "Black Ark." Witness one great producer and his "family" of artists as they demonstrate how it's done, featuring Prince Jammy,...
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This cinematic drama tells the story of Ivanhoe (Ivan) Martin. The aspiring reggae singer arrives in the city after the death of his grandmother. He dreams of becoming a star and soon finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug dealers. At war with law officials and ganja trade rivals, Martin navigates the music scene and the underworld to rise to the top of the pop charts and the most-wanted list.
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"In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village. Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis- Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a...
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Chris Salewicz interviewed Marley in Jamaica in 1979. In this thorough and detailed account of Marley's life and the world in which he grew up and came to dominate, Salewicz brings to life not only the Rastafari religion and the musical scene in Jamaica but also the spirit of the man himself.
9) Jah is real
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Burning Spear delivers a powerful message of unity, peace, and love on his emotional and impressive 2008 release.
"**** Out of five. Very highly recommended."--All Music Guide.
" ... Furthers his message of social unity, justice, and Rastafarianism."--Dirty Linen.
10) Life and Debt
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This documentary examines the effects of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund loans on the infrastructure Jamaica established in the wake of independence from the UK in 1962. Seven billion in debt (circa 2000), Jamaica has seen its agricultural industries laid to waste by the impossibility of competing with subsidized, multi-national American based companies. The poverty of an "average" Jamaican in a shantytown near Kingston is in stark...
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"Changing her name early because her parents disapproved of her writing, Jamaica Kincaid crossed audiences to embrace feminist, American, postcolonial and world literature. This book offers an introduction and guided overview of her characters, plots, humor, symbols, and classic themes. The companion features a chronology of Kincaid's life, West Indies heritage and works, and character name chart"--Provided by publisher.
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"African enslaved and freed women used their fashion and style of dress as a symbol of resistance to slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre- and post-emancipation society. African cultural features - folklore, music, language, religion and dress - were retained and nurtured in Jamaica because they guaranteed the survival of Africans and their descendants against European attempts at cultural annihilation. Steeve Buckridge illuminates the...
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In Jamaica Plain, an unassuming neighborhood in Boston, we meet extraordinary individuals, including the protector of a local park, a master framer, an urban gardener, and a corporate lawyer turned community advocate. They become Kathleen Hirsch's guides, and ours, revealing the ancient truth that living well in community is as much about the personal choices we make to work, play, and associate in certain ways, as it is about the grassroots connections...
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"Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest music, Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control traces the history and rise of reggae and the story of how an island nation commandeered the music to fashion an image and entice tourists." "Visitors to Jamaica are often unaware that reggae was a revolutionary music rooted in the suffering of Jamaica's poor. Rastafarians were once a target of police harassment and public condemnation....
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Holding on to Jah is a film about the history and culture of Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by Reggae musicians and historians. The Rastafarians share personal stories of the merging of the Rasta ideology with music that combined island and African rhythms, and how songs from people like Bob Marley, The Congos, Israel Vibration, Culture, and others, have brought forth a positive message. The film takes viewers on a journey...
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"From South Africa in the nineteenth century to Hong Kong today, nations around the world, including the United States, have turned to guestworker programs to manage migration. These temporary labor recruitment systems represented a state-brokered compromise between employers who wanted foreign workers and those who feared rising numbers of immigrants. Unlike immigrants, guestworkers couldn't settle, bring their families, or become citizens, and they...
19) Mary Seacole
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"Mary Seacole, the pioneering nurse, has been widely celebrated for her work in the Crimean War. Born in Jamaica in 1805 to a black Creole mother and white Scottish father, she fostered an interest in folk healing that developed into a lifelong passion for medicine and a desire to help people in need. Refused permission to serve an an army nurse, Seacole took the step of funding her own journey to the battlefront, where -- in contrast to her contemporary...
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