13/05/2026
๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฒ The documentary ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (2026) follows the ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ resisting the ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ by zooming in on three ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ (currently in court): ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต on the islandโs North Coast, the ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ป in the parish of Portland, and ๐๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต near Kingston.
The interviewees, all Jamaicans, reveal how the ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐, which is still in effect today, vests ownership of the foreshore in the Jamaican state (and actually the British Crown) and traces how this colonial-era law, combined with the islandโs ๐ฎ๐น๐น-๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น, has ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐, and ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
Interwoven with archival footage, news clips, and recordings of protest rallies and court cases, the interviewees situate todayโs ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ within ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ following emancipation and independence. They argue that the islandโs tourism industry replicates ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ by ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐, and, ultimately, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ. ๐๐ฟ๐คโ๐ฟ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด)
Date: Saturday May 16, 2026
Time: 7.30pm (start film), 6pm (doors open)
Venue: Skyline Levels
Address: 6B Skyline Drive, Jacks Hill, Kingston ๐ฏ๐ฒ
Title: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
Director: ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ and ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ถ
Year: 2026
Length: 29'
Extra: The short film ๐๐พ๐๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ (2022, 23โ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, Puerto Rico ๐ต๐ท)
Extra: An ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ with the filmmakers, beach access advocates, and the audience
Extra: As seating is limited, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น is recommended
Extra: ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ by ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป available all night
Tickets: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (no RSVP needed)