FLICK™ – The Harder They Come (Jamaica, 1972)

Nothing too fancy. 

Just a movie and some music.

Good people + good film + good music.

Free entry + free food.

Doors at 8pm. Film starts promptly at 8:30pm (limited seating available). Music kicks off at 10pm.

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, we will be showing The Harder They Come (Jamaica, 1972) followed by music loosely inspired by the film.

DJs – Shacia Payne + Chloëdees + foreigner


About the film: 

"Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers."

The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world".

Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached the international market and has been described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the most important films from the Caribbean".

Tickets

Schedule

July 9th, 2022

8:00pm UTC
Doors

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