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Bad Friday : Rastafari after Coral Gardens / Oxumgirl Productions presents ; directed by Deborah A. Thomas, John L. Jackson, Jr. ; produced by John L. Jackson, Jr. [and others].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rastafari movement--Jamaica.
- Rastafari movement.
- Rastafarians--Jamaica--Social conditions.
- Rastafarians.
- Political persecution--Jamaica--History--20th century.
- Political persecution.
- Jamaica--Politics and government--1962-.
- Jamaica.
- Jamaica--History--1962-.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- For many around the world, Jamaica conjures up images of pristine beach vacations with a pulsating reggae soundtrack. The country, however, has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, and the population is actively grappling with legacies of Western imperialism, racial slavery, and political nationalism - the historical foundations of contemporary violence in Jamaica and throughout the Americas. BAD FRIDAY focuses on a community of Rastafarians in western Jamaica who annually commemorate the 1963 Coral Gardens "incident," a moment just after independence when the Jamaican government rounded up, jailed and tortured hundreds of Rastafarians. It chronicles the history of violence in Jamaica through the eyes of its most iconic community, and shows how people use their recollections of past traumas to imagine new possibilities for a collective future.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Carol Narcisse.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1191033265
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5065403/marc
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