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Jamaica Film Unit

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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]

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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]

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