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QUEENS OF SOUND
Documentary film (2006 | 74min | Austria, Jamaica)
Original languages: English, Jamaican Patois
Subtitles: German
Synopsis
QUEENS OF SOUND – A Herstory of Reggae and Dancehall explores the long neglected female side of Reggae and Dancehall music in Jamaica. Three generations of women in the Jamaican music business tell us about their role in past and present, their first steps into the career, their struggle for acceptance in a male-dominated business, their life paths and big success. World-famous musicians such as Marcia Griffiths, Tanya Stephens, Sasha, Cecile, Chevelle Franklyn, Queen Ifrica, Macka Diamond and Lady G - as well as women behind the scenes give us an understanding of Jamaica’s music scene from a female point of view.
Credits
A film by
Sandra Krampelhuber
Camera & Sound: Philipp Kroll, Sandra Krampelhuber
Editor: Dieter Strauch
Producer: Sandra Krampelhuber & VaryVary Film
Cast
Lady G, Cecile, Chevelle Franklyn, Queen Ifrica, Dancehall Queen Latisha, Macka Diamond, Nordia Rose, Sandra Joy Alcott, Sasha, Tanya Stephens, Jade Lee, Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah, Odessa Chambers, Dr. Carolyn Cooper, Marcia Griffiths and Queen Omega.
Testimonials
This low-budget documentary provides the first visual history of reggae and dancehall in Jamaica, with interviews from top women deejays like Lady G, Tanya Stephens and Macka Diamond, talking and toasting about their experiences in a male-dominated industry. Yuh nuh ready fi dis yet!
Top of the docs , SHOOK, 2008, London, UK
Filmfestivals and Screenings
2013
• AZGO FESTIVAL – 23 May, Maputo, Mozambique, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• CARIBBEAN CREATIVITY – 8 March, Haarlem, Netherlands
2012
• FLY GIRLS MAKE NOISE – 22 July, London, UK, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
2010
• CARIBBEAN TALES ANNUAL FILMFESTIVAL – 24 July, Toronto, Canada
2009
• CBFF FILMCLUB – 13 December, Toronto, Canada
2008
• INTERNATIONAL BLACK DOCUFEST – 18–20 September, Atlanta, USA
• UNERHOERT MUSIKFILMFESTIVAL – 6 September, Hamburg, Germany
• WE B GIRLZ HIP HOP FILMFESTIVAL – 7 August, Berlin, Germany
• NXNE MUSIC AND FILM FESTIVAL – 14 June, Toronto, Canada
• SEVEN BLACK FILM CLUB – 10 June, Leeds, UK
• FRAUENFILMTAGE – 9 March, Vienna, Austria, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• ZAGREB DOX – 25 Feb.–2 March, Zagreb, Croatia
• MUSIC DOC FESTIVAL – 23 February, Malmoe, Sweden
• ARTE PRETA EDMONTON BLACK FILM AND ART WEEK – 1 February, Edmonton, Canada
2007
• XX EXGROUND FILMFEST – 17 November, Wiesbaden, Germany
• BFM FILM CLUB – 4 November, London, UK, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• IV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MUSIC ON FILM – 19–20 October, Prague, Czech Republic, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• X ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 24 August–2 September, Harare, Zimbabwe
• XVI BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 7 & 12 August, Brisbane, Australia
• MID ATLANTIC BLACK FILM FESTIVAL – 28 July, Norfolk, USA
• IX SAN FRANCISCO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL – 8 June, San Francisco, USA
• XVI INTERNATIONALES FILM FESTIVAL INNSBRUCK – 8 June, Innsbruck, Austria, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• III WOMEN OF COLOR ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL – 25 March, Atlanta, USA
• XV PAN AFRICAN FILMFESTIVAL – 16 February, Los Angeles, USA
2006
• X BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL – 2–4 December, Tallinn, Estonia
• XIV AFRICAN DIASPORA FILMFESTIVAL – 29–30 November, New York, USA
• BLACK HISTORY MONTH LONDON – 10 October, London, UK, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• HARLEM FILMFESTIVAL – 8 October, New York, USA
• VIII BFM INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM – 4 October, Birmingham, UK
• VIII BFM INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL LONDON – 10 & 13 September, London, UK, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• BACKSTAGE MUENCHEN – 11 August, Munich, Germany
• IV LADYFEST BERLIN – 6 August, Berlin, Germany
• ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH – 12 July, Osoppo, Italy, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
• XXI BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA FESTIVAL – 23 April, St. Louis, USA / 8 May, Berlin, Germany
• III CROSSING EUROPE FILMFESTIVAL – 29 April, Linz, Austria, Q&A Sandra Krampelhuber
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