“Made In Jamaica”, a feature film chronicling the development of the island nation’s popular music culture, will enjoy special billing during the 16th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF), which opens at six venues across New York City, from November 28 through December 16, 2008.
Shot by Jerome Laperouz in Jamaica and France, the film explores reggae’s powerful path to worldwide recognition in just 108 minutes.
“Made in Jamaica is a powerful portrait of the leaders of Jamaican music that explore4s how reggae has become a worldwide phenomenon. Reggae is Jamaica’s blues, a music of both desperation and hope,” noted Diarah N’Daw-Spech, Co-Director of the ADFF.
The film traces the story of how a small island nation in the Caribbean with a population of less than three million people, took their human experience and turned it into songs full of emotion that resonate around the world.
Never before has a single feature film presented the leaders of the Reggae music genre with the intensity that ‘Made In Jamaica’ does, according to a festival release. The film features Grammy Award winner Toots Hibbert, Gregory Isaacs, Bunny Wailer, 2006 Grammy Award nominees Third world Band, Shia and Cat Coore, Beres Hammond, sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Alaine Laughton, Tanya Stephens, Bounty Killer, Blessed, Elephant Man, Lady Saw, Joseph Current, Vybz Kartel, Brick And Lace, Dr. Marshall, Capleton, Koolant and Left Side & Esco, among others.
It will be screened five times over two days exclusively at the Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space), 2537 Broadway @ 95th Street, Manhattan. Show dates and times are Sunday, December 14, at 5:00 pm., and 7:30 pm., and on Tuesday, December 16, at 3:00 pm., 6:00 pm., and 8:30 pm.
The annual festival aims to present films – 90 this year – about the Global Black Experience and to expose a diverse audience to a movement that continues to enhance the cultural scenario of New York City in ways unique to the ADFF.
General information on the festival, including special rates for students and groups, is available on line at; www.nyadff.com, T: 212-678-7438
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Contact: Aubrey L. Campbell
JIS/NY.
T: 212-935-7506
