Dancehall Queen Digital Life DVD

Dancehall Queen
starring: Audrey Reid, Carl Davis, Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Cherine Anderson
directed by: Don Letts, Rick Elgood

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Third Party New Price: $44.89

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305003908
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6305003904
Label: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 22, 1998
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 134038
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1997

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A Cinderella story from the mean streets of Kingston, Jamaica, the alternately comic and gritty Dancehall Queen is an intriguingly dark crowd pleaser. Marcia (Audrey Reid) is a single mom and street vendor barely scraping by even with a financial assist from the seemingly avuncular Larry (Carl Davis), a gun-toting strongman with a twisted desire for Marcia's teenage daughter. Complicating things is Priest (Paul Campbell), a murderous hood who killed Marcia's friend and now is terrorizing the defenseless woman. Facing three big problems--Larry, Priest, and a lack of money---Marcia arrives at an inspired solution: develop an alter ego, a dancing celebrity called the Mystery Lady who can compete in a cash-prize contest and pit both of the men against one another. Which is exactly what she does, and it's great fun watching Marcia instigate her complicated plan with a little help from sympathetic friends. Colorful, rowdy, funny, and dangerous, Dancehall Queen is a clever and ceaselessy energetic movie steeped in Kingston street life and the desire to keep body and soul together at home. Reid is a delight as the everyday figure who transforms into an icon in the evenings, and the dance scenes are amazingly bawdy. --Tom Keogh

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Good
I love it. I saw it a long time ago back in the 90's and just had to get it.

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- Marcia - Street Vendor
I liked the story line. The character that played the mother of two young girls and raising them the best way she could without a father and having her teen age daughter sleep with a man she knew was too old for her so that she could get an education and was able to change things for the better for her and her children was enlightning. This was actually a movie I would'nt have watched but it wasn't so bad.

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- great!
Real Jamaican story. At first hard to understand each word, but you get it. I love this movie!

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- Great Movie!
As a Jamaican American (born and raised in JA), I can safely say this is one of the best Jamaican-themed movies ever! I saw it when it opened at Carib Theatre in Jamaica back then and I watch it over and over and over again on VHS. I'll be purchasing the DVD to keep with my movie collection. This movie touches on many issues that exist in Jamaica up until today.

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