Blakk wi Blakkk

The bridge built in Blakk wi Blakkk takes its audience back and forth between Jamaica and Toronto in a rapidfire commute that soon blurs the two places into one At the centre of this swirl is world renowned dub poet Mutabaruka possessed of one of the most trenchant tongues in Jamaica In this fastpaced portrait codirected by Canadian poet Lillian Allen he brings his wit and sharp intelligence to some of his favourite subjectstourism Marcus Garvey true Rastafari and fast food as chemical warfare Both in performance and interview his liberation lessons comic asides and dubwise Rastafarian philosophy cut hard to the bone Cameron Bailey