Jamaica Film Unit

Jamaica Film Unit (1951 - 1961) was a division of the Britain's Colonial Film Unit to produce educational and propaganda films in Jamaica.^[1] It was headed by Martin Rennalls.^[2] The unit had a mobile cinema for showing in rural areas.^[3] The unit produced 41 films in Jamaica that preserve archival footage of historical events, interviews, music, dance, and other cultural activities.^[4] Non-professional actors had roles in the films.^[5]

Filmography

• Farmer Brown Learns Good Dairying (1951)
• Churchill Visits Jamaica (1953)
• It Can Happen to You (1956), about venereal disease
• Land We Love (1960)^[6]

See also

• Jamaica Information Service

References

1. "Production Companies | colonialfilm". www.colonialfilm.org.uk.
2. Francis, Terri (September 11, 2011). "Sounding the Nation: Martin Rennalls and the Jamaica Film Unit, 1951-1961". Film History: An International Journal. 23 (2): 110–128 – via Project MUSE.
3. "Jamaica Film Unit Works | South Side Projections".
4. "Jamaica Film Unit Parables - Orphans7". sites.google.com.
5. Film, A. Place For (March 22, 2019). "WhoWhatWhenWhere is Jamaican Film? A Primer". Indiana University Cinema.
6. "Jamaica Film Unit". BFI.^{[dead link]}