Title Bad Friday : Rastafari after Coral Gardens / Oxumgirl Productions presents ; directed by Deborah A. Thomas, John L. Jackson, Jr. ; produced by John L. Jackson, Jr. [and others]

Published New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 2011

Click on the following:
Academic Video Online

Copies

Description 1 online resource (64 minutes) Summary For many around the world, Jamaica conjures up images of pristine beach vacations with a pulsating reggae soundtrack. The country, however, has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, and the population is actively grappling with legacies of Western imperialism, racial slavery, and political nationalism - the historical foundations of contemporary violence in Jamaica and throughout the Americas. BAD FRIDAY focuses on a community of Rastafarians in western Jamaica who annually commemorate the 1963 Coral Gardens "incident," a moment just after independence when the Jamaican government rounded up, jailed and tortured hundreds of Rastafarians. It chronicles the history of violence in Jamaica through the eyes of its most iconic community, and shows how people use their recollections of past traumas to imagine new possibilities for a collective future Notes Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020) Credits Camera, Deborah A. Thomas ... [and 4 others]; editor, John L. Jackson, Jr.; music, Junior 'Gabu' Wedderburn Performer Narrator, Carol Narcisse Notes In English Subject Rastafari movement -- Jamaica Rastafarians -- Jamaica -- Social conditions Political persecution -- Jamaica -- History -- 20th century Political persecution Politics and government Rastafari movement Rastafarians -- Social conditions SUBJECT Jamaica -- Politics and government -- 1962- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069318 Jamaica -- History -- 1962- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069315 Subject Jamaica Genre/Form Documentary films Feature films History Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Jackson, John L., Jr., 1971- director, producer, editor of moving image work. Thomas, Deborah A., 1961- director, producer Wedderburn, Junior "Gabu", composer Manning, Junior, -2010, producer. Narcisse, Carol, narrator Oxumgirl Productions, production company.

  Permalink