CineCarib: Beyond Boundaries + Beach Inna Bondage (Special Joint Screening)
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ย On ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐, in collaboration with the ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ (JET), ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ and ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐, host the ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ in ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ, taking place at ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ in ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ป. For this edition, we present the ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ of ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (2026, 74′), the new documentary by ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ. In addition, we are also bringing back ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026, 29′). Both films will be presented together this evening in a ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, followed by a dialogue afterwards with filmmaker ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐-๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ (JET) and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ(JaBBEM). ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ once again ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ are ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, and ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ will be available on sale throughout the evening! This ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ also serves als the official ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ of the ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, which will, after a 7-year hiatus, be held from ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ต-๐ญ๐ญ in ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ!
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ (๐๐ฑ. ๐ฐ): ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ + ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ (๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด)
Date: Saturday July 4, 2026
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Cafe Rosa
Address: 1 Grosvenor Terrace (off Manor Park Plaza), Kingston 8ย
Program: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026, 30′,ย ย dir. Emiel Martens & Elsie Vermeer) + ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
(2026, 74′,ย ย dir. Esther Figueroa)
Extra: ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐, since limited seating is available, bring your own blankets if you can
Extra: this edition of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ also serves als the official ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ of the ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, which will, after a 7-year hiatus, be held from ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ต-๐ญ๐ญ in ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
Tickets: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (no RSVP needed), ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ on sale all night
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Cockpit Country is iconic, epic and essential to Jamaica. Located in six Western parishes, Cockpit Country is Jamaicaโs largest rain forest, the source of six major rivers and provides Jamaica with 40% of its fresh water. Cockpit Country forests produce large amounts of oxygen, cool temperatures and sequester millions of tons of carbon. A place of striking beauty, Cockpit Country is the Caribbeanโs most important bio-diversity โhot spotโ, with plants and animals found no where else in the world, and has the most species threatened with extinction. Cockpit Country, famous for growing the best yams, is central to Jamaicaโs agriculture, food security and self sufficiency. It is where the Leeward maroons battled the English for almost a century and won their freedom long before Jamaica was granted political independence from Britain, and will always be a Jamaican symbol of rebellion, liberation and fortitude.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, a new feature documentary by Esther Figueroa, celebrates the multi-generational efforts by many to protect Cockpit Country, to defend its forests, flora and fauna, ecological heritage, agriculture, indigenous peoples, rural communities and way of life. The Save Cockpit Country Movement is over 100 years old and will continue into the future. The film both documents the varied strategies of the movement; from community engagement, research, sharing information, and media campaigns, to petitions, protests, and legal cases; and serves as an example of what it takes to make a social movement successful and sustainable. The film hopes that the dedication, commitment, creativity and bravery of those in the movement will inspire others to stand up for themselves and their communities, and to protect, love and defend Jamaica and each other.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ is part of the Save Cockpit Country Movement Project, which is producing a digital archive of the movement, creating learning tools and activities for environmental social justice activism and which has already produced two publications about the movement. To read these documents and learn more go to:ย www.jamentrust.org.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026) is a documentary by Kingston-based Dutch filmmaking duo ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ and ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ exploring the growing struggle for beach access in Jamaica. Since the 1950s, public access to the islandโs beaches has steadily declined, leaving less than one percent of the coastline publicly accessible for Jamaicans. Over the decades, most of Jamaicaโs beaches have been captured by private and tourist interests, and particularly since the 2000s large-scale hotel developments have limited beach access for Jamaicans.
This film follows the grassroots movement resisting the privatization of Jamaican beaches by zooming in on three frontline struggles: Bob Marley Beach near Kingston, the Blue Lagoon in the parish of Portland, and Mammee Bay Beach on the islandโs North Coast. The interviewees, all Jamaicans, reveal how the 1956 Beach Control Act, which is still in effect today, vests ownership of the foreshore in the Jamaican state (and actually the British Crown) and traces how this colonial-era law, combined with the islandโs all-inclusive tourism model, has displaced communities, disrupted livelihoods, and degraded environments. Interwoven with archival footage, news clips, and recordings of protest rallies and court cases, the interviewees situate todayโs beach access struggles within Jamaicaโs troubled history of land ownership following emancipation and independence. They argue that the islandโs tourism industry replicates plantation logic by monopolizing land, concentrating wealth, exporting profits, and, ultimately, marginalizing the people.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ shows that beach access, which is not only an issue in Jamaica but across the Caribbean and beyond, is an urgent matter of historical, economic, social, cultural and environmental justice, raising the question of who the tropical paradise of sun, sand, and sea truly serves, and at what cost…
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is a leading Jamaican environmental non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the island’s natural environment through advocacy, public education, community engagement, and policy intervention. Founded in 1991, JET works on a wide range of issues, including coastal access, marine conservation, biodiversity protection, pollution, climate change, and sustainable development. The organization is particularly known for its efforts to safeguard public beaches and promote environmental justice, often serving as a watchdog on environmental governance and development projects affecting Jamaica’s ecosystems and communities. For more information, visitย www.jamentrust.org.
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JaBBEM (Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement) is a grassroots movement dedicated to protecting Jamaicaโs coastal ecosystems while affirming the inherent right of all people to access, enjoy, and steward the islandโs beaches. Rooted in the belief that Jamaicaโs shores are part of a shared cultural and ecological inheritance, JaBBEM advocates against land privatization, tourism development, environmental degradation, and exclusionary practices that limit public access to coastal spaces. The movement brings together community members, environmental activists, cultural practitioners, and youth to promote sustainable coastal management, climate resilience, and environmental justice. Through beach cleanups, public education campaigns, policy advocacy, and cultural events, JaBBEM highlights the interconnectedness of ecological preservation and social equity. JaBBEM considers beaches not just as natural resources, but as vital spaces of history, identity, and community life – places where heritage, livelihood, and environmental responsibility meet. By mobilizing local voices and fostering collective action, the movement seeks to ensure that Jamaicaโs beaches remain protected, accessible, and thriving for present and future generations. For more information, visitย www.jabbem.org.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐
Caribbean Creativity is an Amsterdam-based non-profit organization that is, since 2008, committed to the programming and promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands and beyond. Over the years, Caribbean Creativity has hosted over 300 screenings in Dutch cinemas and at film festivals, including numerous premieres. In 2020, they launched YardVibes, a streaming platform featuring content from independent Caribbean and African filmmakers. YardVibes currently offers over 100 titles, including feature films, web series, documentaries, and short films, with new content added monthly. This year, they are based in Kingston, working on several film projects and film events, including this screening. For more information, visitย www.caribbeancreativity.nl.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ
Africadelic is an Amsterdam-based non-profit organization that, since 2016, is committed to the programming and promotion of African and African diasporic cultural creativity, diversity and activism in the Netherlands. Each year on and around International Africa Day (May 25), they organize the Africacadelic Festival in Paradiso and various other venues across Amsterdam. This year, the 11th edition of the festival will be held from May 20-27, 2026. As the Africadelic team is currently based in both Kingston, Jamaica, and Luanda, Angola, they are also organizing several events there. For more information, visitย www.africadelic.com.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐
The Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, in Kingston, Jamaica, is a leading centre for media education and research in the Caribbean. Based in Kingston, it trains students and professionals in journalism, digital media, public relations, and communication studies, combining theory with practical experience. Through its programmes and projects, CARIMAC explores the role of media in shaping Caribbean society, culture, and identity. It also serves as a hub for regional dialogue and collaboration, supporting a more inclusive, ethical, and dynamic media landscape across the Caribbean. For more information, visitย www.mona.uwi.edu/carimac.
๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ
Cafรฉ Rosa is a vibrant cafรฉ in Kingston, just off Manor Park Plaza, known not only for its coffee and vibes, but also for its role in the cityโs social and cultural scene. With its outdoor environment and relaxed atmosphere, it attracts a diverse community of Kingstonians. Beyond drinks and bites, Cafรฉ Rosa regularly hosts events, from live performances to film screenings. Recently, it has become the venue for CineCarib, a film event showcasing Caribbean cinema and fostering dialogue around Caribbean creativity, identity, and activism. Through these gatherings, Cafรฉ Rosa functions as more than a cafรฉ: it is a space where culture, community, and conversation come together in the heart of Kingston. For more information, visitย www.instagram.com/caferosajamaica.
