Underplayed Gems

Man ooman (2008)

Man ooman poster
Directed by
Andreas Johnsen, Rasmus Poulsen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
57 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A documentary about Jamaican dancehall culture. It follows young dancers Fresh and Kemar as they navigate street parties where dancing is aggressive and sexually explicit. The film shows how the music and dance express the struggles of the poor underclass.

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What happens

Man ooman er en film instrueret af Andreas Johnsen, Rasmus Poulsen. Jamaica har flere kirker, flere mord og flere fester per indbygger end noget andet sted på jorden. Over alt på øen festes der syv dage om ugen, og dansen er aggressiv og seksuelt ekstremt eksplicit. De unge dansere Fresh og Kemar ved hvad det hele handler om, og de guider os ind i de hæsblæsende street parties, hvor drengene kæmper om pigerne, der kæmper om at blive kåret som årets Dancehall Queen. Ever fresh, ever clean! Dancehall er den fattige underklasses musik, og selv om det handler om at se flashy ud og spille op til lir foran videokameraet, bobler spændingerne frem - ikke mindst i den rå og ultra seksualiserede dans, der sagtens kan fortsætte op i træer og lygtepæle og i den indgroede homofobi, der følger med. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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