CineCarib: Beach Inna Bondage: The Fight for Jamaica’s Coastline (JA premiere!)
On ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ and ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ, in collaboration with ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐, present the ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ in ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ, taking place at ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ in ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ป.
This time around, we will screen and discuss ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ that explore the ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ due to growing ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ and the wider ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป. The program mainly features the ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ of the new 30-minute documentary ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026) by Kingston-based Dutch filmmaking duo ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ and ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ. 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 of both films, a ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ will take place, featuring contributions from panelists and the audience.
๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ, and ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ will be available all night!
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ!)
Date: Saturday May 2, 2026
Time: 7.30pm (start film), 12pm (doors open)
Venue: Cafe Rosa
Address: 1 Grosvenor Terrace (off Manor Park Plaza), Kingston 8ย 
Title: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
Directors: Emiel Martens and Elsie Vermeer
Country: Jamaicaย ย and The Netherlandsย 
Year: 2026
Length: 29′
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Extra: The short film ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ (2022, 23โ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, Puerto Ricoย 
, ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ!)
Extra: With an ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป after the screening with the filmmakers and others
Extra: ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐, since limited seating is available, bring your own blankets if you can!
Tickets: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (no RSVP needed), ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ available all night!
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026, 29โ) is a short documentary by the Kingston-based Dutch filmmaking duo ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ and ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ in collaboration with 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 ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ
๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ (2022, 23โ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ) is a short film by ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ that examines gentrification, housing and beach access in ๐ฃ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ. The film follows residents of a marginalized urban neighborhood on the island as they confront the pressures of displacement and urban redevelopment. Through intimate portraits and everyday encounters, ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ highlights how communities navigate insecurity, resilience, and collective resistance in the face of property and tourism development. Centering Pyerto Rican voices, it reflects on belonging, dignity, and the right to remain in Caribbean spaces that are increasingly threatened by external economic and political forces.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐
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, visit 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
CARIMAC (the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication) 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, visit 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, visit www.instagram.com/caferosajamaica.
