Outdoor Cinema: Dancehall Queen
Trinity brings together two weekends with double bills of classic films, food and music over two nights:
Partnering with Come the Revolution, we kick off with Dancehall Queen*:
Rags to riches fairytale set in the phantasmagorical world of Jamaican dancehall featuring some fab tunes and eye popping dancing.
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.
Directors: Rick Elgood, Don Letts
Writers: Suzanne Fenn, Don Letts
Stars: Audrey Reid, Carl Davis, Paul Campbell
From: Jamiacia / Year: 1997
Run time: 98mins
(*Please note that this film replaces Made in Jamaica which was on some earlier listings)
Doors, food and our outside bar open from 7.00pm
DJ Ngaio presents Booty Base from 7.30pm
Film due to start around 8.00pm (after the sun sets!)
Read about the full Outdoor Cinema series here
Wet weather plan: We're obviously encouraging the warm summer evenings to continue in to September - if we do get adverse wether however, don't fear. We can move all the action indoors. Fingures crossed it stays dry and bright.
