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29
Black History Month: Young @ Heart Cinema Presents Harder They Come
October 29, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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THE HARDER THEY COME film was a sensation in Jamaica due to its naturalistic portrayal of black Jamaicans in real locations and its use of the Jamaican Patois.
Based upon a real-life Jamaican criminal by the name of Ivanhoe Martin, also known as Rhyging, who achieved fame in the 1940s.
Ivanhoe “Ivan” Martin is in search of a job. He leaves his rural home after his grandmother dies to live with his mother in Kingston
The film was a sensation in Jamaica due to its naturalistic portrayal of black Jamaicans in real locations and its use of the Jamaican Patois.
The soundtrack to the film is considered a breakthrough for reggae music in the United States.