diverseworld events bulletin 1.3 - 26.06.07
Caribe Cinema
diverseworld in collaboration with British Museum and Curzon Cinemas is pleased to host Caribe Cinema at the British Museum Fridays, 13 July to 27 July and Sunday 15 July at Curzon Soho.
Through the lens of filmmakers from the Caribbean region you will see living that is a stark contrast to sun, sea and a rent- a- dread.
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Friday 13 July 6:30 at British Museum –UK Premiere of No Place Like Home (Toronto Film Festival selection) directed by Perry Henzell, 90mins.
In tribute to the late Perry Henzell the director of Jamaican Indie classic The Harder The Come, we will be screening his last feature length film – No Place Like Home with Sally Henzell introducing the film to launch the strand. |
Synopsis: When Susan (Susan O'Meara), a film producer from NYC, goes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she finds herself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, drifting further and further away from the world she knows and into the life of the island, a strange alternative reality that turns many of her previously held assumptions upside down.
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Sunday 15 July,12 noon at Curzon Soho –Double bill: The Harder They Come and No Place Like Home directed by Perry Henzell, (Jamaica/USA) 90 mins
In true "yard" fashion and to rev - up the celebration of Perry Henzell's work, there will be a reggae d-jay jam session in between shows. After both screenings there will be Q+A with Sally Henzell, wife and set designer. There is also a rumour that Jimmy Cliff may participate because he will be in town for concert performances. |
The Harder They Come Synopsis: This is the gritty, groundbreaking and truly legendary film that tells the story of Ivan Martin, an aspiring young singer-turned-outlaw, at war with Jamaica’s music industry, police, and his rivals in the ganja trade. His dreams of stardom become reality as he rises to the top of the pop charts... and the most wanted list.
THE SOUNDTRACK: Before the world knew or cared about Bob Marley this was reggae's defining mix of roots rhythms and social consciousness. For the decade before Marley's best-of album Legend in 1984, The Harder They Come was nothing less than the world's best-selling reggae album.
20 July - A shorts programme with films from Cuba, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados followed by a panel discussion on the emerging local film scene with producers/directors from the region. The discussion will be chaired by Klive Walker, essayist and author, who has several published articles on Caribbean cinema, including, Perry Henzell’s obituary.
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27 July - Sistagod, a Toronto Film Festival selection (Trinidad and Tobago) directed by Yao Rameser, 72mins
Synopsis: The first feature in a trilogy about the coming of a black female messiah in the future, during a period known as the Apocalypso - a global holocaust that she alone survives. Mari emerges on a Caribbean island, born with skin so dark her father abandons her, believing that she is not his child. Her mother blames Mari for this abandonment, convinced that she is possessed by the devil. When Mari becomes pregnant by an unknown man, her mother sews a costume for her so that she may hide her "shame" and "ugliness." In costume, Mari assumes a superhero persona – Sistagod. |
To book tickets for the double bill screening visit any Curzon cinema, call the box office 0870 756 4620 or book online www.curzoncinemas.com.
For the British Museum screenings and panel discussion book in person at the box office, by telephone 0207 323 8181 or via email boxoffice@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk. Admissions £3.00, concessions £2.00.
For more about buying a copy of the newly release digital remastered 2 Disc DVD/CD version of The Harder They Come DVD visit www.thehardertheycome.co.uk
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