Perry Henzell
Writer · 1936 – 2006 · Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica
Perry Henzell (March 7, 1936, Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica – November 30, 2006, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica) was most famous for being the director of the first Jamaican feature film, The Harder They Come (1972), starring Jimmy Cliff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Perry Henzell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies3
Movie6.3DocumentaryHorrorFrom 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · 90 votes
Movie5.6DramaWhen 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.
No Place Like Home
2006 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryMan Free takes a look into the lives of everyday people in the beautiful country of Jamaica. Told through the people themselves, the film takes a glimpse into the lives of young and old as they fight politics, crime, drugs and more. From the colorful and spirited taxi driver called Master Blaster to the young woman in her twenties running her own bakery, Man Free sheds a light on real life in Jamaica. It's not all reggae and good times. It's a land full of conflict and struggle and a yearning for a better life. But through all the hardships, you come to realize Jamaicans are truly people of grace.
Man Free
2011 · 1 votes