Reggae Classics: Healing of the Nation: Ganja in Jamaica (2022) | NL and European premiere!
On ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ, at ๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ, the last ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ of this year will feature the ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ of ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ (2022), a documentary exploring the potential of ganja (i.e. cannabis or marijuana) as a source of healing for the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica! The film will be introduced by ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, chair of the Union for the abolition of cannabis prohibition (VOC). In addition, we will be showing the short films ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐: ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ (2020, 3′) and ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น (2022, 10′) as well as the music video (and basically also a short film) ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ (2021, 5′) by ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ.
All in all, the next ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ (and the last edition of 2022 in celebration of ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฌ) will be all about rural Jamaica and the role of ganja there in particular. Of course there will also again be Jamaican snacks from ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ and reggae tunes as soon as you enter the cinema!
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
Date: Friday November 25, 2022
Time: 7pm (doors open: 6.30pm)
Location: Melkweg Cinema
Titel: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
Director: Steve and Kim Holmes
Country: Jamaicaย 
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Year: 2022
Duration: 59 min
Language: Jamaican English (patois) with English subtitles
Supporting films: ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐: ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ (dir. Clรฉ Hunnigan and Barnabas Kelemen, 2020, 3′), ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น (dir. Ania Freer, 2022, 10′) & ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ (Ivor Mccray, 2021, 5′)
Tickets: โฌ12,50 (incl. Jamaican goodiebag from ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ and reggae tunes when you enter the cinema)
Extra: introduction by ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, chair of the Union for the abolition of cannabis prohibition (VOC)
Ticket link:ย https://bit.ly/reggae-classics-healing-of-the-nation
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ is a documentary directed by Steve and Kim Holmes exploring the potential of ganja (cannabis/marijuana) to be a source of healing for the island nation of Jamaica. This is a story of ganja in a country where itโs been part of the culture for a century and where ‘the herb’ is part of every day life. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ takes you inside ganja culture with visits to ganja fields and patches, the Stepping High Ganja Festival, a growerโs meeting, and the Trench Town Culture Yard. Hear a cross-section of Jamaican voices, including Rastafarians, ganja farmers, ganja industry supporters, a holistic medicine doctor and a human rights lawyer. Potential benefits of ganja from economic, medical, social and spiritual aspects are considered. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป is an effort to understand the multiple roles of ganja in Jamaica with focus on how the plant could hold the key to healing a nation.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐: ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ is a Rasta story set in the hills of Eastern Jamaica. Drawing on the experience of one particular Rasta and merging his story with old footage of Bob Marley, vintage scenes of Jamaica, and the famous speech of Haile Selassie (an Emperor of Ethiopia), this cinematic short film dabbles with a documentary-style to explore what Rasta means as a way of life. It also touches on the Rasta belief surrounding marijuana usage, ‘decriminalisation of herb’, and the socio-economic state of Jamaica.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น is an intimate portrait by Ania Freer of a family-owned mechanic shop in rural Jamaica and a father’s love for his children and community. Bobo uses minimal resources to provide a medium for mobility and independence and imbues his children with the skills to maintain the craft of bicycle-building.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
The 5-minute music video or, better, short film ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ by reggae artist ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ, directed by Ivor Mccray, juxtaposes the injustices faced in the 1960s (the infamous Coral Gardens massacre) by Rastafarians who were regularly imprisoned, beaten, trimmed, exiled and sectioned in Jamaica, to present day. the film shows that this social injustice has been re-awakened. The Justice visuals also come after ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ called out fellow Rastafarian artists for remaining silent on the alleged trimming of the locks of 19-year-old Nzinga King, by a policewoman whilst in the custody of the Four Paths police in Clarendon.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐
In honour of Jamaica’s 60th anniversary, ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ, and ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ have joined forces to host a Jamaican night every last Friday of the month! With ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ we commemorate and celebrate ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฌ, the 60th anniversary of the island’s independence. We will program a Jamaican film classic or premiere every month, including authentic Jamaican food from Reggae Rita and of course as much reggae music as possible (from DJs in the theatre to concert in the club). ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ is supported by the Jamaican Embassy and the Jamaica Tourist Board.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐
๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ is a film theatre in Amsterdam specifically dedicated to screening music films. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ is a Jamaican pop-up restaurant and caterer based in Amsterdam. ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ is a non-profit organization committed to the programming and promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands and beyond.
