Wasn’t too long ago that we talked about the Jamaican movie Ghett’A Life. After quickly becoming a hit in Jamaica, where it played for over 10 weeks ,it just opened nationwide in United Kingdom (UK) starting Friday, December 2, 2011.
The film will be shown in Streatham, Newham, Hackney, Brixton, Bristol, Birmingham, Derby, Dudley, Coventry, Leicester, Bristol, Cardiff and Leeds, with other movie theaters expected to come on stream in the coming weeks. Hopefully London too. Heads up to MissG Uk readers, don’t miss out this movie is maaad!
Ghett’A Life is having an international blast of success. After winning the Hartley-Merrill Scriptwriters Award at the Cannes Film Festival in France, then opening succefully in Jamaica, the film has been invited to be screened at the prestigious African International Film Festival in Nigeria, December 3, and the Pan African Film Festival scheduled for February, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Producer Justine Henzell represented the movie in Nigeria. Writer and Director Chris Browne was extremely pleased to have secured a nationwide UK release for the film and said:
“This is an important milestone for Ghett’A Life and for the Jamaican film industry, given that the film will be the first Jamaican-produced and financed movie to show nationwide across the UK. We look forward to widespread support from all communities as we promote the message of the film, ‘unity in the community’.”
