One Love

(One Love)
Don Letts - Rick Elgood / VB, 2005
original version / Czech sub-subtitles, 97 min

Hailed as the "best Jamaican film ever", a romantic feature film comedy filled with the music and culture of Jamaica, set against the island's stunning beauty. One Love tells the story of forbidden love between a Rastafarian reggae musician and the gospel singing daughter of a devout Pentecostal preacher, starring Ky-mani Marley (son of reggae legend Bob Marley) and Cherine Anderson, the star of "Dancehall Queen". A fable of how the power of music and true love can overcome cultural and religious differences, and an attempt to portray life as it is lived by most of the people in Jamaica, rather than the gangsters, ghetto drug lords and cartoon Rastas of most popular representations. With a soundtrack featuring Sean Paul, Shaggy, and Beenie Man.