Dancehall Queen

IMDb link: 0127497
IMDb rating: 6.7 (683 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Don Letts, Rick Elgood
Cast: Paul Campbell, Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Audrey Reid, Carl Davis and others

Release date: 10 Oct 1997
Release year: 1997
Runtime: 98 minutes
Country: Jamaica
Keywords: caribbean island, ptsd post traumatic stress disorder, street vendor, dance contest, dancehall, high school dropout, photographer, motorcycle, jamaican patois, police brutality

Plot:

Street vendor Marcia (Reid) 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 seeks refuge in the beats of the very dance hall outside of which she normally vends.

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