Louise Bennett

Louise Bennett

Born: September 7, 1919
Died: July 26, 2006
in Kingston, Jamaica

Movies for Louise Bennett...

Title: The Politician
Character: Nancy Grace-Type
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: TV
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
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Upon Westminster Bridge
Title: Upon Westminster Bridge
Character: Herself
Released: November 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Considered one of the best ‘dub’ poets of his time, Mikey Smith is internationally renown for the socially engaged form and content of his work. Originally made for BBC2’s Arena, Upon Westminster Bridge profiles Smith’s poetry and politics through performance, exchanges with fellow poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, and conversations with historian and social theorist CLR James.
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Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Title: Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Character: Mama
Released: December 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
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In the Beautiful Caribbean
Title: In the Beautiful Caribbean
Character: Mercina
Released: February 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Play set in the Caribbean showing how life is hard and a struggle, with problems of unemployment and lack of money.
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Calypso
Title: Calypso
Character: Martha
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
CALYPSO (1958) was entirely shot on location in the Antilles archipelago with mostly non-professional actors and was released in colour and Cinemascope. It was a kind of follow-up to the previous Italian exotic documentary films from the 1950s and especially to L´ULTIMO PARADISO.