Dancehall Queen
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Dancehall Queen | |
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Directed by | Rick Elgood Don Letts |
Written by | Suzanne Fenn Don Letts Ed Wallace |
Produced by | Carl Bradshaw Carolyn Pfeiffer Chris Blackwell |
Starring | Audrey Reid Paul Campbell Beenie Man Cherine Anderson |
Cinematography | Louis Mulvey |
Edited by | Suzanne Fenn |
Music by | Wally Badarou |
Release date | October 10, 1997 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Language | Jamaican Patois |
Dancehall Queen is a 1997 independent Jamaican film starring Audrey Reid who plays Marcia, a street vendor struggling to raise two daughters.
Marcia (Audrey Reid) is a single mom and street vendor barely scraping by even with a financial assist from the seemingly avuncular Larry (Carl Davis), a gun-toting strongman with a twisted desire for Marcia's teenage daughter, Tanya (Cherine Anderson). Complicating things is Priest (Paul Campbell), a murderous hood who killed Marcia's friend and now is terrorizing the defenseless woman. Facing three big problems--Larry, Priest, and a lack of money---Marcia arrives at an inspired solution: develop an alter ego, a dancing celebrity called the Mystery Lady who can compete in a cash-prize contest and pit both of the men against one another. Which is exactly what she does, and it's great fun watching Marcia instigate her complicated plan with a little help from sympathetic friends.