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 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗴𝘆,...

YardVibes x Keti Koti Weekend 2023   Originally Suriname’s 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 on July 1, 𝗞𝗲𝘁𝗶 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗶 (meaning ‘the chain is broken’ in Sranantongo) has come to mark the day to commemorate the slavery past of the former Dutch colonies...

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...

Oyster Festival x YardVibes: Windrush: The Years After On Saturday, February 18, we will host the 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 of 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 (2022) made by an Huddersfield-based TV station and film production company 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 at Melkweg...

Beste meneer Bouterse (with Q&A with the director) | Cinema De Vlugt On Sunday, November 6, at 4pm, Cinema De Vlugt, thé new cinema in Amsterdam, will host a special screening of Beste meneer Bouterse in the presence of,...

Beste meneer Bouterse | Cinema De Vlugt New documentary from Ananta Khemradj this week daily in just-opened Cinema De Vlugt in Amsterdam   From October 6-12, Cinema De Vlugt, thé new cinema in Amsterdam, will host daily screenings of...

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...

Shella Record: A Reggae Mystery On Thursday, November 11, at 8.30pm, Melkweg Cinema, in collaboration with Caribbean Creativity, will host the Dutch and even European premiere of the much-anticipated documentary 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱: 𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆! In this fascinating film,...

YardVibes: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Vision of Paradise Following the sold-out screening in September, Melkweg Cinema, in collaboration with Caribbean Creativity, hosts another exclusive 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 screening of 𝗟𝗲𝗲 ‘𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵’ 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆’s 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲, the ultimate documentary about his life and...