The Play: Common Sense

                  When yu think of Jamaican films, what names readily come to mind? Chances are Shottas, Third World Cop, Dancehall Queen, classics like Perry Henzel’s ‘The Harder They Come’ tend to characterize the genre. Traditionally explored themes usually involve sexuality, guns, drugs: criminality in general, and let’s not forget the gritty underside...

              Welcome to another edition of the Arts Page. We’ve been exploring the reality of art imitating life as depicted by the bold cinematic piece Suga Dumplin! The short film masterfully handles the mammoth task of bridging many facets of Jamaican identity, both at home and abroad and tastefully tells of struggles that are...

                Welcome to another edition of the Arts Page. Lately we’ve been exploring the work of Tristan Barrocks in the short film Suga Dumplin which is a fusion masterpiece, exploring familiar Jamaican stories in contexts and circumstances to which many Jamaicans can relate!