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Thursday, September 5, 2024
7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, IL 61801
$10 general admission
$5 students and seniors
BAD LIKE BROOKLYN DANCEHALL is a documentary film directed and produced by Ben Diagiacomo, co-directed by Dutty Vannier, screenwritten by Amy DiGiacomo, and executive produced by Shaggy. The film features an entrancing cast of Jamaican and New York luminaries who share their community story of building a cultural bridge between Jamaica and New York through dancehall. As young Jamaican immigrants across Brooklyn came of age during the 80s and 90s, they were drawn to dancehall music to keep connected to life back home. Their preservation of key elements of culture through deejays, sound systems, and energetic dancing in New York’s seedy underground provides the unique atmosphere for an influential movement that was bubbling up in the shadow of hip-hop.