Jamaica, the Land of Film

Jamaica, the Land of Film
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781443873758
ISBN-13 : 1443873756
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Book Synopsis Jamaica, the Land of Film by : Peter Polack

Download or read book Jamaica, the Land of Film written by Peter Polack and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Jamaica were an actor she would have appeared in more than one hundred and forty-one films. The list of movies where the name Jamaica plays a prominent part is probably closer to two hundred. This book chronicles over one hundred years of international film making in Jamaica from 1910, and provides many previously unpublished details of locations, actors and directors. As such, Jamaica, the Land of Film provides a comprehensive history which will be of great interest to all cinema aficionados and fans of Caribbean history.


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