Queens of Sound

Queens Of Sound documents 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 past and present roles, their first steps on the way to success and their struggle for acceptance in a male-dominated business. World-famous musicians, such as Marcia Griffiths, Tanya Stephens, Lady Saw, Sasha, Cecile and Lady G – to name just a few, as well as women behind the scenes, for example Dr. Carolyn Cooper (UWI), Barbara Blake Hannah (Rastafari activist), Nordia Rose (music video director) or Sandra Joy Alcott (founder of the Jamaica Association of Female Artists), give us the female point of view on Jamaica‘s Reggae and Dancehall culture.

Local Artists 2006
Sandra Krampelhuber
Austria 2006
color
72 minutes
OV with German subtitles
Screenplay Sandra Krampelhuber
Cinematography Sandra Krampelhuber, Philipp Kroll
Editing Dieter Strauch
With Marcia Griffiths, Tanya Stephens, Lady Saw, Sasha, Cecile, Lady G, Carolyn Cooper, Barbara Blake Hannah, Nordia Rose, Sandra Joy Alcott
Production
Very Vary Lessingstrasse 10 A-4020 Linz T +43 664 33 41 737 dieter.strauch@veryvary.com