Black Soil: Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall On 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, and 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰 present the 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 of 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 (2023) in 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 as part of the 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹!...
ADE2023: Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall (exclusive preview) On Sunday, October 22 at 17:00 hrs, Melkweg, in collaboration with Caribbean Creativity, Jamrock and Africadelic, presents an special screening of 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 (2023) during 𝗔𝗗𝗘𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! Executive produced by...
Africadelic 2023: African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey On 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆, the 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 opens in 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼 with the Dutch premiere of 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆. This groundbreaking documentary...
Reggae Classics: Healing of the Nation: Ganja in Jamaica (2022) | NL and European premiere! On 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱, at 𝟳𝗽𝗺, the last 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 of this year will feature the 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 of 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳...
Reggae Classics: Outdeh: The Youth of Jamaica (+Surf Girls Jamaica) On Friday, September 30, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 is all about 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮: first we’ll screen the short film 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮 (2019, 16′) and after that the feature-length documentarey...
Reggae Classics: No Place Like Home: Redux (2019) On Friday, June 24 at 8pm, during the fifth edition of 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀, we will show the long-lost Jamaican film 𝗡𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲: 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝘅 (2019) in 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮! Before this...
Reggae Classics: The Harder They Come (1972/2019) On Friday May 27 at 8pm we will show the ultimate Jamaican reggae classic, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 (1972/2019), during the fourth edition of 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 at 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮! It concerns a...
Reggae Classics: Kingston Crossroads (2017) Friday, April 29, at 8pm we will be screening the rare documentary 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 (2017) during the 3rd edition of 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀! This film by Oliver Becker and Jonas Schaul offers a unique...
Reggae Classics: Dancehall Queen (1997) On Friday 25 March at 8pm during the 2nd 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 we will screen the popular Jamaican feature film 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 (1997)! In the late 1990s, this film became the biggest box office...
Reggae Classics: The Bob Marley Story (1982) With 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 we commemorate and celebrate ‘Jamaica 60’, the 69th anniversary of the island’s independence. And there is no better month to start than February, the month that is known in...