JOURNEY TO JAH
Realizador Moritz Springer
Países Germany
Duração 92 min
Sinopse
The documentary film JOURNEY TO JAH is a tale of the seeking and finding of a spiritual home in a foreign culture, one that follows people who are connected by one thing: music., The two directors Noël Dernesch and Moritz Springer, as well as cameraman Marcus Winterbauer (“Rhythm is it“), spent seven years, shadowing two unique reggae artists ‒ the German GENTLEMAN and Italian ALBOROSIE ‒ on their search for authenticity away from, western consumerist societies in the land of Rastafari and reggae: JAMAICA., People they meet along the way include RICHIE STEPHENS, DAMIAN MARLEY and also NATTY ‒ driver and friend of Gentleman who offers them an uncluttered look into the daily struggle for survival, far removed from the picture-book image of the Caribbean island. Professor CAROLYN COOPER provides a contrasting intellectual insight into Jamaican politics and culture, while reggae stalwart JACK RADICS reveals some astonishing truths., Finally, Dernesch and Springer run across upcoming Jamaican singer TERRY LYNN and follow her everyday life walking the streets, of the ghettos of Kingston and also inside Berlin’s club scene., Together with the protagonists we delve into a world where music is used as an outlet to confront poverty, criminality and a lack of, prospects, but also one that is characterized by a deep and uplifting spiritual bond. A world about which Alborosie says, “God lives here., But Satan too. “Welcome aboard the JOURNEY TO JAH!
The documentary film JOURNEY TO JAH is a tale of the seeking and finding of a spiritual home in a foreign culture, one that follows people who are connected by one thing: music., The two directors Noël Dernesch and Moritz Springer, as well as cameraman Marcus Winterbauer (“Rhythm is it“), spent seven years, shadowing two unique reggae artists ‒ the German GENTLEMAN and Italian ALBOROSIE ‒ on their search for authenticity away from, western consumerist societies in the land of Rastafari and reggae: JAMAICA., People they meet along the way include RICHIE STEPHENS, DAMIAN MARLEY and also NATTY ‒ driver and friend of Gentleman who offers them an uncluttered look into the daily struggle for survival, far removed from the picture-book image of the Caribbean island. Professor CAROLYN COOPER provides a contrasting intellectual insight into Jamaican politics and culture, while reggae stalwart JACK RADICS reveals some astonishing truths., Finally, Dernesch and Springer run across upcoming Jamaican singer TERRY LYNN and follow her everyday life walking the streets, of the ghettos of Kingston and also inside Berlin’s club scene., Together with the protagonists we delve into a world where music is used as an outlet to confront poverty, criminality and a lack of, prospects, but also one that is characterized by a deep and uplifting spiritual bond. A world about which Alborosie says, “God lives here., But Satan too. “Welcome aboard the JOURNEY TO JAH!