Thursday, June 14, 2012
HIT Me With Music, a documentary on dancehall music, was reportedly a hit at the June 2-7 WeBeat Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.
The documentary is part of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival and bpTT Community Cinergy series of film screenings.
MAVADO…included in documentary Hit Me With Music
According to the guardian.co.tt website, the film portrays "the stark and fascinating realities of Jamaica's dancehall experience".
Hit Me With Music focuses on different dynamics of dancehall culture, including artiste feuds and skin bleaching. Some of the genre's biggest names including Yellowman, the late dancer Bogle, Elephant Man, Mavado and Vybz Kartel are featured.
"The film was educational, entertaining and insightful. It is also very thoughtprovoking and it would be interesting to have older students experience it and get their views on the music and dance which they enjoy so much," Crystal Prescod, a teacher at Mucurapo East Secondary School, was quoted as saying by the Guardian.
Another comment came from Danielle Jones, corporate communications manager at bpTT: "Dancehall music has a large following in Trinidad and Tobago and Hit Me With Music will certainly strike a chord with our local audiences," she said.
Produced by Nando Garcia Guereta, Hit Me With Music is recipient of Best Documentary and the People's Choice Award at the recent Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.
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