25 November, 2022
19:00
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Reggae Classics: Healing of the Nation: Ganja in Jamaica (2022) | NL and European premiere!

 

On ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, at ๐Ÿณ๐—ฝ๐—บ, the last ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ of this year will feature the ๐——๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ of ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ (2022), a documentary exploring the potential of ganja (i.e. cannabis or marijuana) as a source of healing for the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica! The film will be introduced by ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, chair of the Union for the abolition of cannabis prohibition (VOC). In addition, we will be showing the short films ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ: ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† (2020, 3′) and ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น (2022, 10′) as well as the music video (and basically also a short film) ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (2021, 5′) by ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ถ.

All in all, the next ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ (and the last edition of 2022 in celebration of ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ) will be all about rural Jamaica and the role of ganja there in particular. Of course there will also again be Jamaican snacks from ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ and reggae tunes as soon as you enter the cinema!

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ
Date: Friday November 25, 2022
Time: 7pm (doors open: 6.30pm)
Location: Melkweg Cinema
Titel: ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ
Director: Steve and Kim Holmes
Country: Jamaicaย ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒย and United Statesย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Year: 2022
Duration: 59 min
Language: Jamaican English (patois) with English subtitles
Supporting films: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ: ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† (dir. Clรฉ Hunnigan and Barnabas Kelemen, 2020, 3′), ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น (dir. Ania Freer, 2022, 10′) & ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (Ivor Mccray, 2021, 5′)
Tickets: โ‚ฌ12,50 (incl. Jamaican goodiebag from ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ and reggae tunes when you enter the cinema)
Extra: introduction by ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, chair of the Union for the abolition of cannabis prohibition (VOC)
Ticket link:ย https://bit.ly/reggae-classics-healing-of-the-nation

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ is a documentary directed by Steve and Kim Holmes exploring the potential of ganja (cannabis/marijuana) to be a source of healing for the island nation of Jamaica. This is a story of ganja in a country where itโ€™s been part of the culture for a century and where ‘the herb’ is part of every day life. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ takes you inside ganja culture with visits to ganja fields and patches, the Stepping High Ganja Festival, a growerโ€™s meeting, and the Trench Town Culture Yard. Hear a cross-section of Jamaican voices, including Rastafarians, ganja farmers, ganja industry supporters, a holistic medicine doctor and a human rights lawyer. Potential benefits of ganja from economic, medical, social and spiritual aspects are considered. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is an effort to understand the multiple roles of ganja in Jamaica with focus on how the plant could hold the key to healing a nation.

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ: ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†
๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ is a Rasta story set in the hills of Eastern Jamaica. Drawing on the experience of one particular Rasta and merging his story with old footage of Bob Marley, vintage scenes of Jamaica, and the famous speech of Haile Selassie (an Emperor of Ethiopia), this cinematic short film dabbles with a documentary-style to explore what Rasta means as a way of life. It also touches on the Rasta belief surrounding marijuana usage, ‘decriminalisation of herb’, and the socio-economic state of Jamaica.

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น is an intimate portrait by Ania Freer of a family-owned mechanic shop in rural Jamaica and a father’s love for his children and community. Bobo uses minimal resources to provide a medium for mobility and independence and imbues his children with the skills to maintain the craft of bicycle-building.

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
The 5-minute music video or, better, short film ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ by reggae artist ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ถ, directed by Ivor Mccray, juxtaposes the injustices faced in the 1960s (the infamous Coral Gardens massacre) by Rastafarians who were regularly imprisoned, beaten, trimmed, exiled and sectioned in Jamaica, to present day. the film shows that this social injustice has been re-awakened. The Justice visuals also come after ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ถ called out fellow Rastafarian artists for remaining silent on the alleged trimming of the locks of 19-year-old Nzinga King, by a policewoman whilst in the custody of the Four Paths police in Clarendon.

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€
In honour of Jamaica’s 60th anniversary, ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ, and ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† have joined forces to host a Jamaican night every last Friday of the month! With ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ we commemorate and celebrate ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ, the 60th anniversary of the island’s independence. We will program a Jamaican film classic or premiere every month, including authentic Jamaican food from Reggae Rita and of course as much reggae music as possible (from DJs in the theatre to concert in the club). ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ is supported by the Jamaican Embassy and the Jamaica Tourist Board.

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†
๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ is a film theatre in Amsterdam specifically dedicated to screening music films. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ is a Jamaican pop-up restaurant and caterer based in Amsterdam. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† is a non-profit organization committed to the programming and promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands and beyond.