Filme: Beste Filme aus Jamaika

Jamaika /[dʒ-] (englisch Jamaica [ʤəˈmeɪkə]) ist ein Inselstaat in der Karibik. Das Land ist eine ehemalige britische Kolonie, welche 1962 die Unabhängigkeit erlangte, und Mitglied des Commonwealth of Nations. Die Hauptstadt Kingston ist auch die größte Stadt des Landes. Der Großteil der etwa drei Millionen Einwohner stammt von afrikanischen Sklaven ab und ist christlich. Jamaika ist eine Demokratie, wenngleich sie bis heute den Britischen Monarchen als Staatsoberhaupt akzeptieren, welcher von einem Generalgouverneur vertreten wird. Die Musikstile Ska und Reggae entstanden auf der Insel. Ferner hat die Glaubensrichtung Rastafari ihren Ursprung auf Jamaika. ()

Genutzte Sprachen in Jamaika: Englisch

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Shottas - Gangster(2002)

| 1 Std. 35 Min. | Action, Abenteuer, Krimi, Drama

3,8/5 (bei 131 Stimmen)

Biggs (Kymani Marley) und Wayne (Spragga Benz) entscheiden sich schon als Jugendliche für ein Leben als "Shottas" (die jamaikanische Bezeichnung für Gangster) und schlagen eine Verbrecherlaufbahn ein, die sie schließlich in die USA führt. In Miami beginnt vor dem Hintergrund schneller Autos und verführerischer Frauen ihr rücksichtsloser Aufstieg von ganz unten bis an die oberste Spitze einer kriminellen Organisation. Die beiden Männer bleiben einander durch die Loyalität der Shottas eng verbunden, während sie mit ihren aggressiven Methoden die Kontrolle über die jamaikanische Unterwelt übernehmen.

Regie: Cess Silvera - Schauspieler: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean, Lennox Lewis, ...

Rockers(1979)

1 Std. 40 Min. | Komödie, Drama, Musik

3,5/5 (bei 15 Stimmen)

Ein Musiker aus Jamaika wiedersetzt sich dem organisierten Verbrechen. Er beklaut die Gangster und verteilt das erbeutete Geld als moderner Robin Hood unter der Slumbevölkerung in Kingston und Umgebung.

Regie: Theodoros Bafaloukos - Schauspieler: Leroy Wallace, Gregory Isaacs, Jacob Miller, Sly and Robbie, Kiddus I, Burning Spear, ...

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One Love(2003)

1 Std. 40 Min. | Drama, Romantik / Liebe

2,9/5 (bei 6 Stimmen)

Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile the record boss organizing the contest, tries to get Kassa's band to sign to his label on his terms not theirs. By using heavy tactics, he pushes the band to fight back.

Regie: Don Letts - Schauspieler: Ky-Mani Marley, Cherine Anderson, Vas Blackwood, Idris Elba

The Harder They Come(1972)

| 1 Std. 43 Min. | Krimi, Drama, Musik

3,4/5 (bei 43 Stimmen)

Ein junger Schwarzer träumt in den Slums von Kingston von der großen Popsängerkarriere. Ausgebeutet von Plattenkönigen und Rauschgiftdealern legt er sich mit den großen Bossen und der Polizei an, läuft mordend Amok und macht Schlagzeilen. Seine Platte wird ein Hit: „The harder they come, the deeper they fall …“.

Regie: Perry Henzell - Schauspieler: Jimmy Cliff, Prince Buster, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Heartman, Winston Stona, Leslie Kong, ...

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Klash(1995)

| 1 Std. 35 Min. | Krimi, Romantik / Liebe, Thriller

3,8/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Reggae music is featured in this romantic thriller set in Jamaica. Stoney (Giancarlo Esposito), a photojournalist, is assigned by a U.S. music magazine to cover a battle of the bands in Jamaica. There he becomes involved with the seductive Blossom (Jasmine Guy) who works for Mr. Lee (Lucien Chen), a crime boss. Lee is planning to rob the concert box office. Blossom tries to convince Stoney to help her steal the money from Lee and escape to another island paradise. Interspersed amongst the action are many clips of the reggae bands as they musically battle it out.

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2007(2007)

22 Min.

2,8/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

The 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show takes you around the world to where music comes alive. Even body painting has a music theme with iconic concert t-shirts painted on your favorite swimsuit models.

Dancehall Queen(1997)

1 Std. 38 Min. | Drama

3,2/5 (bei 5 Stimmen)

Street vendor Marcia is scraping together a living in the ghetto section of Kingston, Jamaica. Her young daughter is being hounded by a rich sugar daddy who has been supporting the family; her brother's life is being threatened by a local thug. So, when the licentious patron threatens to abandon the family, and her brother breaks down under pressure, Marcia hits bottom. She needs to escape to a haven where she can get lost in fantasy; Marcia, don in sex-me-up clothing and outrageous glamour, finds refuge in the beats of the very dance hall outside of which she normally vends.

Regie: Don Letts - Schauspieler: Audrey Reid, Paul Campbell, Beenie Man, Cherine Anderson

The Lunatic(1991)

1 Std. 33 Min. | Komödie

4,5/5 (bei 3 Stimmen)

A Jamaican Comedy, The story of a village madman, Aloysious, who has the amazing ability to talk to anything, including trees, cows and cricket balls.

Bashment Granny(2009)

2 Std. 30 Min.

5,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

A riveting comedy about a desperate conman's quest to raise cash to satisfy the demands of his overbearing girlfriend and to feed his own insatiable appetite for money. The irony of this set-up is that while Trevor is trying to raise this cash from another of his girlfriends, he is using his father as part of the scheme.

Life and Debt(2001)

1 Std. 26 Min. | Dokumentation

3,6/5 (bei 7 Stimmen)

Life and Debt is a 2001 American documentary film that examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's structural adjustment policies have impacted the island.

Regie: Stephanie Black

Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers(2017)

44 Min. | Dokumentation, Musik

4,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.

Countryman – Verschollen im Dschungel(1982)

| 1 Std. 42 Min. | Drama

3,0/5 (bei 6 Stimmen)

A young woman crash-lands her plane in Jamaica. A local named Countryman rescues her and leads her away from the authorities, who have fabricated a story about the plane, involving drug and arms smuggling by the CIA, in order to gain popularity in an upcoming election.

Regie: Dickie Jobson - Schauspieler: Hiram Keller

When Morning Comes(2022)

1 Std. 27 Min. | Drama

In the emotionally resonant feature debut from Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (winner of TIFF’s inaugural Shawn Mendes Changemaker Award in 2020), a young Jamaican boy grapples with his widowed mother’s decision to relocate to Canada.

Regie: Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

Black Mother(2018)

1 Std. 17 Min. | Dokumentation

3,3/5 (bei 8 Stimmen)

Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, BLACK MOTHER channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.

Regie: Khalik Allah

Glory to Gloriana(2006)

1 Std. 10 Min. | Drama

Gloria, an impoverished orange seller from the country, overcomes countless obstacles -- both personally and professionally -- until she becomes the owner of the Hotel Glorianna in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Kerie-Ann Lewis and Carol Campbell star as the young and adult protagonist, and Rodney Campbell portrays her abusive husband, Milton. This true rags-to-riches tale of Gloria Minto packed theaters in its native Jamaica.

Regie: Lennie Little-White

Better Mus' Come(2013)

1 Std. 44 Min. | Krimi, Action

2,1/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

The 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.

No Place Like Home(2006)

1 Std. 30 Min. | Drama

2,7/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

When Susan, a film producer from NYC, goes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she finds herself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, drifting further and further away from the world she knows and into the life of the island, a strange alternative reality that turns many of her previously held assumptions upside down.

Third World Cop(1999)

| 1 Std. 38 Min. | Action, Drama, Thriller

3,4/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, led by Ratty, also are involved leading Capone to a choice between his job and his old crew.

Regie: Chris Browne - Schauspieler: Paul Campbell

Finding Joseph I: The HR from Bad Brains Documentary(2017)

| 1 Std. 32 Min. | Dokumentation, Musik

3,2/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

"Finding Joseph I" is a feature documentary chronicling the eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson, a.k.a. Joseph I, the legendary lead singer from Bad Brains.

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OUT DEH: The Youth of Jamaica(2020)

1 Std. 18 Min. | Dokumentation

Out Deh is a documentary film which portrays the Youth of Jamaica: a new generation in transition, determined to get out of old and set structures in society and culture - and contribute with their fresh mindset and strength to a new understanding of the Jamaican island.

Blown Away - Music, Miles and Magic(2019)

1 Std. 59 Min. | Musik, Dokumentation

3,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Eine Musik- und Reisedokumentation zweier Freunde, die nur mit den nötigsten Dingen, einem Segelboot und einem Schulbus die Welt bereisen. Dabei gehen Sie dem Ziel nach die Musik aus jedem besuchten Land einzufangen und aufzunehmen.

Regie: Micha Schulze

Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records(2018)

1 Std. 25 Min. | Dokumentation, Musik

3,4/5 (bei 8 Stimmen)

This stylish documentary about the iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady label is a timely and wide-ranging celebration of british Jamaican working-class youth culture.

Island Rhythms(2003)

A lovely blonde photographs erotic encounters on `Cricket Island' and provides a few erotic scenes herself. She opens a vacation resort (the Heartbeat Inn), but her sexy maid Lana and Lana's new boyfriend angle for a piece of the action.

Skillibeng- Coke (Animation Parody) Clappa Don TV(2021)

2 Min. | Animation / Zeichentrick, Krimi

5,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Skillibeng Coke: Ras Bingi get a call from his merchant, telling him that he have soon reach Jamaica on a plane carring drugs/Cocaine. The Plane later landed on the sea in "Rocky point Clarendon".

Runt(2005)

Drama

1,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

When Christopher confronts his own violent temper which threatens the family life of his wife and children, he flies home to Jamaica and engages in an exorcism of the spirit, from his memories of his abusive, philandering, and hard-living father, Henry, whose name for his only son was "Runt".

Smile Orange(1976)

1 Std. 26 Min. | Komödie

2,1/5 (bei 3 Stimmen)

At a Jamaican beach hotel, super-slick waiter and self-professed "stud" Ringo works the angles (and there are many) on the ever-presents knots of unsuspecting, trusting tourists. Hey, all's fair in love and business … especially when you're continuously on the hustle, like Ringo.

Regie: Trevor Rhone - Schauspieler: Carl Bradshaw

Queen Nanny(2015)

59 Min. | Dokumentation

Queen Nanny documents the struggle for freedom by the Jamaican Maroons, led by the indomitable 18th century military genius, Nanny of the Maroons.

Reggae Sunsplash(1979)

1 Std. 47 Min. | Musik, Dokumentation

4,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Combining concert footage and interviews with the performers, Reggae Sunsplash takes an inside look at the biggest reggae music festival in the world.

Peter Pan(2018)

6 Min. | Musik

In my dreams you’re dying. It wakes me up and I can’t stop crying.

Joseph(2020)

1 Std. 56 Min.

A Jamaican doctor trained in Western medicine and in conflict with his family (all of whom are doctors) about his belef in the benefits of bush medicine, travels to Ghana to prove then wrong.

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