Beach Inna Bondage (Special Skyline Levels Screening)
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๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ป! Following the huge turnout in support of ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ earlier this month, the new documentary ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ returns for a ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด on ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ, at ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ’s childhood home ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐! 
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด)
Date: Saturday May 16, 2026
Time: 7.30pm (start film program), 6pm (doors open)
Venue: Skyline Levels
Address: 6B Skyline Drive, Jacks Hill, Kingston ๐ฏ๐ฒ
Title: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
Director: ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ and ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ
Country: Jamaica ๐ฏ๐ฒ and The Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Year: 2026
Length: 29′
Extra: The short film ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ (2022, 23โ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, Puerto Rico ๐ต๐ท)
Extra: An ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ with the filmmakers, beach access advocates, and the audience
Extra: ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ by ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป will be available all night
Extra: As seating is limited, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น is recommended (standing may be the only option later on)
Tickets: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (no RSVP needed)
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐, in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ, ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป and ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐, proudly present a special screening of ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, exploring the ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ due to growing ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ. In addition, we will screen ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ (2022, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ), a short film by ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ on gentrification, housing and beach access in ๐ฃ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ. Following the screening, a ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ will take place, featuring contributions from panelists and the audience. ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026) is a 30-minute 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…
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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 ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ
Keznamdi is a Kingston-born Jamaican reggae artist, singer-songwriter, and producer known for blending roots reggae with contemporary sounds influenced by soul, hip-hop, and African musical traditions. Raised in a deeply musical family and shaped by experiences across Jamaica, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and the United States, he has become a leading voice within Jamaicaโs reggae revival movement. Known for songs such as ‘Pressure,’ ‘Time,’ and ‘Grade,’ Keznamdiโs music explores themes of identity, spirituality, social justice, and liberation. He is also a collaborator and supporter of the documentary Beach Inna Bondage: The Fight for Jamaicaโs Coastline, contributing both his music and voice, and especially his song ‘Colonial Bondage,’ to the filmโs message around public beach access, land rights, and environmental justice in Jamaica. For more information, visitย www.keznamdi.com.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐
Perched high along Kingstonโs famed Skyline Drive, often called Reggae Mountain, Skyline Levels is a unique cultural venue, performance space, and creative hub overlooking the city of Kingston. Known for its panoramic views, roots reggae atmosphere, and open-air setting, the venue blends live music, film, wellness, food, and community into one vibrant experience. The space hosts reggae concerts, film screenings, poetry readings, yoga sessions, and cultural gatherings, while also featuring a recording studio, rehearsal spaces, an ital food offering, and boutique accommodation nestled in the Blue Mountains foothills. Built around the iconic Flying Saucer house designed by Jamaican engineer A.D. Scott, Skyline Levels has become a landmark for conscious culture and creative expression in Jamaica. For more information, visitย www.skylinelevels.com.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป
Located at Skyline Levels in Kingston, Jamaica, as well as other locations, Kamilaโs Kitchen is a fully vegan Ital restaurant dedicated to nourishing both body and soul through natural, flavourful cuisine. Rooted in the Ital philosophy of wholesome, plant-based living, Kamilaโs Kitchen offers a culinary experience that is delicious, health-conscious, and stress-free. From hearty Jamaican favourites to fresh creative dishes, the diverse vegan menu caters to a wide range of tastes and dietary preferences. Whether youโre looking for a quick bite, a refreshing juice, or a relaxed dining experience with breathtaking views from Skyline Drive, Kamilaโs Kitchen welcomes guests with warm hospitality and carefully crafted meals made from fresh ingredients and vibrant Caribbean flavours. More than just a restaurant, Kamilaโs Kitchen is a celebration of conscious eating, community, and the rich traditions of Jamaican vegan cuisine. For more information, visit www.kamilaskitchenja.com.
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 film and this screening. For more information, visitย www.caribbeancreativity.org.
