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NEW BOOK ABOUT JAMAICAN FILMS

Dr Rachel Moseley-Wood, head of the Department of Literatures in English at UWI, Mona recently launched her 254-page book, Show Us as We Are: Place, Nation and Identity in Jamaican Film. The book examines 11 Jamaican films in detail and is already considered essential reading for students of Jamaican films. Dr Moseley-Wood says the book was
written for both academics and other readers.

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Unbroken Gets T&T Film Festival Award

Unbroken, the docu-film based on amputee Laron Williamson’s attempt to qualify for the Jamaican Paralympic team, won Best Documentary Short Film at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.

SCULPTURES FOR WINDRUSH GENERATION

To commemorate the Windrush generation, Hackney will unveil two sculptures next year.

GRACE WALES BONNER’S ‘NOT IN PARIS FASHION’ EXHIBIT

London-born fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner’s Jamaican roots were on full-display during Highsnobiety’s ‘Not In Paris’ exhibit.

JAMAICAN ACTIVIST WANTS TO HONOUR DU SABLE

While Haitan-born trapper and merchant, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, is often called the “Founder of Chicago,” Jamaican Ephraim Martin, want to honour the memory of his fellow West Indian even fu

JAMAICAN ARTIST IN CALIFORNIA SHOW

Visitors to California’s Luxe Art Institute will get to enjoy the work of Jamaican artist Cosmo Whyte from September 12th to November 7th 2020.

STELLA MEGHIE TO DIRECT WHITNEY HOUSTON FILM

Jamaican-Canadian Stella Meghie will direct the Whitney Houston feature film “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” She’ll team up with Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Anthony McCarten, and Grammy Award-winn

NEW BOOK ABOUT JAMAICAN FILMS

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