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- DirectorDickie JobsonStarsCountrymanHiram KellerCarl BradshawA young American couple crash-lands their plane in Jamaica. A fisherman rescues them and leads them away from the authorities, who have fabricated a story about the plane, involving drug and arms smuggling by the CIA, to gain popularity in an upcoming election.
- DirectorChris BrowneStarsPaul CampbellMark DanversCarl BradshawA police officer returns to his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica to find himself in conflict with his childhood friend who is now the right-hand-man of the local gang-lord in a gun-running racket. Jamaica's highest-grossing film to date.
- DirectorTrevor D. RhoneStarsCarl BradshawGlenn MorrisonVaughn CrosskillBased on the stage play by director Trevor Rhone, "Smile Orange" takes a humorous and somewhat acidic view of the tourism business, mostly from the point of view of Ringo, a hustler, con man and waiter.
- DirectorCess SilveraStarsKy-Mani MarleySpragga BenzLouie RankinWayne and Biggs grow up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Eventually moving to Miami, they begin a ruthless climb to the top of a criminal enterprise as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican mob.
- DirectorMichael GillisBehind-the-scenes featurette of "Shottas".
- DirectorRick ElgoodDon LettsStarsAudrey ReidCarl DavisPaul CampbellA single street vendor disguises herself for a dance contest, and pits her enemies against each other.
- DirectorCori WapnowskaBruk Out follows six unique dancers from around the globe as they prepare for the world's biggest Dancehall Queen competition.
- DirectorNick CannonStarsNick CannonCollie BuddzCamille DavisA young man from Brooklyn gets caught up in Jamaica's lively Dancehall music scene.
- DirectorPerry HenzellStarsJimmy CliffJanet BartleyCarl BradshawWishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
- DirectorRick ElgoodDon LettsStarsKy-Mani MarleyCherine AndersonIdris ElbaA Rasta musician meets a Gospel singer when they both enter a music contest in Kingston, Jamaica. They fall for each other but are kept apart by the girl's pastor father, who wants her to marry into the church.
- DirectorStorm SaulterStarsSheldon ShepherdSky Nicole GreyRicardo OrgilThe film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized dramatization of real historical events, specifically, the Green Bay Massacre, where the government finally tracked down these gangs and had systematically wiped out.
- DirectorLol CremeStarsJulie T. WallacePaul CampbellCarl BradshawThe story of a village madman, Aloysious, who has the amazing ability to talk to anything, including trees, cows and cricket balls. Portrayed from a Jamaican prospective with an acute eye for the authentic dialect of the land. Aloysious meets Inga, a German nymphomaniac, who uses her 'pum pum power' to capture his heart.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsJohn CandyLeonDoug E. DougWhen a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
- DirectorTed BafaloukosStarsLeroy 'Horsemouth' WallaceRichard 'Dirty Harry' HallMonica CraigHorsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters reign of terror and restore justice to the people of Kingston.
- DirectorStevie JohnsonQmillionStarsPaul CampbellOliver SamuelsShelli BooneAfter a turn of unfortunate events in Jamaica, Everton leaves his home to make it big in the music business in America. Everything is not a bed of roses in Hollywood, but with struggles and perseverance he finds love and success, only to have it all threatened when the Don of LA (Paul Campbell) wants his dues.
- DirectorVafomba DonzoStarsDavid Squeeze AnnakieJohn Bling BennettRobert BraxtonJamaican Mafia is a gangster-thriller movie in the vein of Goodfellas and Shottas, which follows Zoolian Anderson (Zoo-Zoo), a frustrated Car Salesman who desperately desires riches and respect, and discovers he's the nephew of a powerful crime-boss when he decides to quit the corporate world to join the illicit organization better known as the 'Jamaican Mafia'.
- DirectorMary WellsStarsChristopher DaleyCamille SmallGreggory NelsonA hustler's journey into chaos to steal a car and his lady friends dream for peace from a painting, forces a crime that changes their lives forever.
- DirectorStephanie BlackStarsBelinda BeckerBuju BantonHorst KöhlerDocumentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.
- DirectorJohn G. YoungStarsAnthony RappDe'Adre AzizaJimmy BrooksFollowing the death of his young son, Brad O'Connor becomes obsessed with a young Jamaican man online, eventually leading to a confrontation he and his wife can no longer avoid.
- DirectorKevin Rodney SullivanStarsAngela BassettTaye DiggsWhoopi GoldbergStella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica.
- DirectorChris BrowneStarsWinston BellKevoy BurtonO'Daine ClarkeA ghetto teenager battles against the odds to become a boxing champion.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsNasDMXTaral HicksTwo young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.
- DirectorLennie Little-WhiteStarsCarol CampbellRodney CampbellGracie-Ann WatsonThe rags to riches story of a young country girl, Gloria Minto who was determined to makes the most of life. She came from humble beginnings and with the help of those around her and the will of only a Jamaican woman, she fought her way to success and prosperity.
- DirectorDesmond GumbsStarsLaNease AdamsNahtasha BudhiJimmy CliffJulius, a young man who has his eyes set on becoming a famous deejay like Bob Marley, is desperate for a chance to go to L.A. and further his music career. Julius agrees to become a drug mule for Jamaican Crime lord Crown and his henchman Gargon in exchange for a passport and visa. Once in L.A. and trying to go straight Julius is still struggling and excepts a job as a hit-man for the drug lord Biggs. Before long, he finds himself immersed in a world and crime and is caught up in a war between the Jamaican gangs and the L.A. gangs without any hope of escape.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsBob MarleyZiggy MarleyRita MarleyA documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
- DirectorBen ChaceSam FleischnerStarsKevin BewersdorfSean BonesCarl BradshawMax lives in Brooklyn. He enjoys playing soccer, skateboarding, and drinking with his friends at local bars. Last summer he and his girlfriend, Willow, won a free cruise to Jamaica but two days before the trip she dumps him cold. When his friends flake, Max winds up alone on the high seas, navigating the crowds of gray-haired cruisers. Over the course of several days he flirts with the staff photographer, drinks cocktails with the boat's celebrity juggler and has several strange encounters with the only other loner.
- DirectorMiquel GalofréStarsElephantmanVybz KartelMavado30 years after Bob Marley's death Jamaica continues to be on top of the world-wide music scene. Reggae has evolved into a new genre, Dancehall.
- DirectorEster AndersonGian GodoyStarsEster AndersonAston BarrettCarlton BarrettBased on footage shot in the early seventies and lost for more than thirty years, NAACP IMAGE AWARD winner Esther Anderson takes us on a journey to Jamaica and into 56 HOPE ROAD, Kingston, to see and hear the young BOB MARLEY before he was famous. The film shows us the WAILERS' first rehearsal, when the idea of a Jamaican supergroup like the BEATLES or the STONES was still just a dream. We sit in on the launch of their international career with "GET UP STAND UP", "I SHOT THE SHERIFF", and the "BURNIN'" and "CATCH A FIRE" albums that brought to the world REGGAE music and RASTA consciousness together as one, starting a revolution that would change rock music and contemporary culture.
- DirectorRoger Landon HallStarsPrince AllahLascelle 'Wiss' BulginWatty BurnettAbout the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by world class Reggae musicians and historians.
- DirectorVolker SchanerStarsAshley BeedleDennis BovellJomo CharlesLee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music, with a positive attitude, mindset or, as Lee Perry calls it, vibration.
- DirectorSelena BlakeStarsBeverly Anderson ManleyStaceyann ChinAggrey IronsTaboo... Yardies, is a film that captures the violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender in Jamaica West Indies and the violation of ones human rights; the socio-economics, socio-political, mental health and the intergenerational trans-Atlantic transmission of homophobia. Taboo Yardies will provide a unique visual experience of how violence gets generated on one side of the Atlantic and perpetrated, preserved and re-enacted on the other side (here in the US).
- DirectorRikki Beadle BlairStarsArnie HewittCole DinesDonovan Christian-CaryJ. J. an aspiring M. C. newly arrived on London's exciting outlaw urban music scene. He's got the skills, he's got the rhymes, he's got the drive. One Problem - not only is J. J. a white boy from the sticks - he's also gay.