Jamaica Film Unit (1951–1961) was a division of the (British) Colonial Film Unit to produce educational and propaganda films in Jamaica. It was headed by Martin Rennalls. The unit had a mobile cinema for showing in rural areas.
Franklyn Joseph-Marie St Juste (1929 – 5 November 2019), also known as Chappie St Juste, was a Trinidadian-born Jamaican film-maker, educator and theatrical lighting designer. He is best known for his work as a cinematographer on the film The...
Martin Alexander Rennalls (17 February 1915 – 8 March 2013) was a Jamaican film-maker, headmaster and academic who notably headed the Jamaica Film Unit before becoming a university professor at Rochester Institute of Technology.
The Colonial Film Unit (C.F.U) was a propaganda and educational film production organization of the British government. It produced films for various British colonies including British Guiana and Nigeria. The Jamaica Film Unit was a division for...
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is an executive agency of the Government of Jamaica responsible for disseminating information about government programs, projects, and services.
Black film is a classification of film that has a broad definition relating to the film involving participation and/or representation of black people. The definition may involve the film having a black cast, a black crew, a black director, a black...
The Jamaican dollar (sign: $ or J$; code: JMD) has been the currency of Jamaica since 1969. Its base unit is the dollar. Each dollar is divided into 100 cents, however cent-denominated coins are no longer in use as of 2018.
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,991 square kilometres (4,244 sq mi). It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jamaica lies about 145 km (78 nmi)...
Jamaican Patois (; locally rendered Jumiekan Patwah or Patwa and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is a Caribbean English-based creole language with substantial admixture from predominantly West African languages, and some forms of Arawak,...
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, Queens Village, St. Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield...
