Miss Louise Bennett

[damigeorge]

thanking you so much for this. It made me both happy and sad. Happy to see this rich part of Jamaican culture and people at display. but sad because i feel that we are loosing it and its value is not been past on to future generations.

[msdollydawta]

Unfortunately most of our culture is being lost...I agree technology&globalization are partly to blame but I mostly blame parents/older generations for not ensuring that they pass on their knowledge....I guess they dont have time in this fast paced world...now Independence means ATI/Negril lol....Its sad

[cha53z]

kids dont do this no more.. kids arent kids anymore cos everyone wants to grow up so fast. sucks more that technology does not really help in the matter.

[Aljdaas]

Thank you for posting this video, it helps my children to see our culture.

[RetroJamaica]

Thank you for posting this.

[Tolanar357]

This is the Jamaica I sure miss,natural pure art of our culture ....

[Incogneto100]

I feel so sad. Jamaican are not living like this anymore. The whole island is depreciating through consumerism. Look at how those children were playing ring games. Thats what it means to be a child. Sadly, its not like that anymore.

[MonifaAdebola]

Lady at 5:25 is Olive Lewin, she is quite old now....in her 80s. A Jamaican musicologist, singer and founder of the Jamaican Folk Singers Chorale

[bwoyrough]

excuse my bad spelling! There are a couple of dvds on Miss Lou available but not like the footage above, there are a few stage shows with here talking with her husband and also a comemorative film with clips including short clips from Ring Ding, i have a feeling that some footage from Ring Ding still exists but only short clips as far as i know, i have a few short clips somewhere. When i get time i'll put together a proper dvd, she deserves to have a proper film in her memory, one day....

[sealie15]

Who's the lady at 5:25

[Trelli28]

Carry me ackee go a lynstead market, not a quaty wort sell;

Carry me ackee go a lynstead market, not a quaty wort sell;

Lawd, what a night, not a bite, not a quaty wort sell,

Lawd, what a night, not a bite, not a quaty wort sell,

Everybody come feel up, feel up, whey dem mumma noh bring;

Everybody come feel up, feel up, whey dem mumma noh bring;

Lawd, what a night, not a bite, not a quaty wort sell,

Lawd, what a night, not a bite, not a quaty wort sell,

[blakbeltjonez]

this video is quite old, about 30 years ago - Miss Lou is in her 40's here, looks like late 70's maybe early 80's.... all the old JBC Ring Ding tapes were taped over in 1980 after the show was cancelled and she was "let go"..... 12 years of Ring Ding, and not a single episode survived in the JBC archive.

unfortunately, the old Jamaica seems to be nearly gone nowadays. this documentary is truly of a bygone era.

[rayleenejm1]

THIS WAS WONDERFUL!! GREAT JOB!! REASON LIKE THIS IS WHY I WANNA SEND MY SON TO JAMAICA FOR SCHOOL. THE KIDS ARE WAY MORE ADVANCED THAN THE AMERICAN CHILDREN

[TheFoxze]

she's so vivacious and full of life... a complete barrel of laughs when she's speaking and you're learning invaluable history at the same time. Thank you for uploading... Ive watched this a few times and I never get tired of it. It's filled with sooo much nostalgia of a time that will never be again.

[naturalja1]

I use to do this in school......yes all the ring games

[kareenmarcia]

thank you for posting this video its so informative!

[warminator]

What a wonderfull woman she was. A mother of all Jamaicans.

[caribbeandiaspora]

Love the old Caribbean school rimes!

[knestone]

does anybody know what film this is from?

[Larrygallis]

this is the true Jamaican culture to me

[PinkEmpress007]

my heart melts when watching this video. it brings back so much joy and happiness when watching mi Jamaica culture display like tht...What happen to mi sweet sweet Jamaica?

[kellray]

I am from Costa Rica, the Jamaican culture has been passed to our provice of Limon when they migrated to CR. Culture is still strong.. and It is SAD when the new generation does not appreciate all of this ... Miss Lou ROCKS!!!!

[glentton]

i went to c miss louie at the hipporion in birmingham about 18yrs ago she done a sceen on stage and triped backwards into deep water it was curtaines you can tell it shock her does anyone rember this?

[FISHUNTER1RULES]

she speaks about it on one of her subsequent recordings...

[ThatsABiggon]

Wow, I love the portion about the work songs, as we had the exact tradition in the States with the railroad tunes (& so on) only with these the work motion was in reverse. very interesting.

[joeygirlnyc]

this takes me back to my childhood days when life was sooooooooooo much simpler.

[skytoppa09]

big up mis lue

[Persephoness]

The things i hear from some of my people make me sad, that all that Ms Lou did was for naught. Its so sad to see our identity slowly seeping away bit by bit, swalloed up by globalization. To see that we've created an identity despite slavery and colonization, but an identity which we are not proud of. I weep for these days, i wish we could bring back some of JBC mentality. True we had glitches in the system to work out, but we need these days.

[lrac522]

What a beauty...! It's a shame we lost all of this....

[jamaican123]

where we get the mento from? "we grow it"

[miltso]

jamaica irie!!

[joshja20]

I wish that mento could penetrate the society again and we construct dances like salsa

[joshja20]

Oh waw this is great! that was when kids where kids in Jamaica, now its all about the rampin shop and all. I hope we can really archive these.

[crut32]

i remember this game.....

[hotnumber24]

FINGA A MASH DON'T CRY, GAL AN BWOY..

[likkleone247]

god should have let ms lou live longer

[paislibee]

Miss Lou, u will never die, u r always in our hearts

[xxbubbl3zxx]

back home i always used to listen to her she was a magical!!!!

[Mbira0racle]

Thank you. Bless.

[zenadina]

This is wonderful. We need to archive more of our history. I'm glad you made this available to the public. Keep up the good work

[bwoyrough]

I've spent years documenting and archiving lots of films like this, unfortunately the Jamaican government is more concerned with how much money they'll make from there next Sting or Sumfest than the heritage and preserving the cultural history of thier people. What a disgrace! bout time they pull there finger out, a great shame....

[glamagal08]

so true our jamaican children are being hurt and what they dont know is that they can make money just being them selfs alot of white people would pay money to cum see what we are cuming from

[dthompson1313]

@bwoyrough I completely agree with you. Such a shame because I want my child to experience things from my culture but everytime I visit Jamaica these days its like going to the states.

The culture is completely dying before our eyes!!!

[sealie15]

@bwoyrough - that is ashame. I remember growing up on Miss Lou's folks songs.

[bwoyrough]

@zenadina I realized a long time ago that no one was archiving old JAmaican films and fotage so i began that task and haven't stopped since, have spent years working documenting films and footage about Jamiacan cultureand tracking them down and preserving them. What a shame that Jamaica does not have any official program to do this or does not support the work of those doing it. I am a white man from the UK not Jamaican but i see that jamaican culture needs preserving on film. Glad u appreciate.

[Roald1988]

hippo

[naddreams36]

i agree with u ,it seems these children are not chidren they seems to think they are grown doing things that dont concern them,i wish my kids would hang to my jamaican culture..even though i dont live there anymore i try to instill it in them(sure ms u,ms lou)may your soul rest in peace

[Annie10k]

Wicked... :)

God Bless You Lou

Miss You Dearly

[nanjamonja12]

big up miss lou!!! it is a shame how jamaicans dont care for our culture and a lot has been forgotten.MISS LOU! U HAVE MY RESPECT!!!!! WE MISS U MAN!!!!

[sdch1000]

I'd love to buy a tape/DVD of Miss Lou's stories. Anyone know where I can find?

[hotnumber24]

Classics.... I remember playing those ring games when i was a child. Back in the late 80's and 90's. Children dont play anymore.

[grammakat]

you are so right Kids dont play anymore

[bwoyrough]

such a shame, when miss lou was around she made sure that those games +songs didn't get forgotten. I love listeing to miss lou talk about all the old jamaican traditions, she was magical.

[poweb506]

@hotnumber24 yes they do!!! they arent scared

[cowboymusi]

to those who dont know Miss Lou is the first Jamaican DJ ha ha

[grammakat]

oMG i want to go HOME sooooooooooo bad! i know EVERY SONG THEY ARE SINGIN

[hotnumber24]

lol. I know what you mean grammakat.

[InfamouzRedz]

nice footage

[kingnevets]

When i was a kid iwas on Ring Ding once love Miss Lou..Ring Ding Theres a concert here for you and me there a concert her for us...

[000kara000]

tried sending you a message, don't know if it went through - I'm working on this video/sound installation for a commemorative event for miss lou happening in Toronto (where miss lou lived previous to her passing last year) this year and would love to know how to get my hands on the footage you posted. Any help would be much appreciated.  thank you,

[nippy22]

love miss lou and those ole jamaican songs dance and poetry...love ya sleep tight ...

[hassan1814]

thanks for this reminds me of my youth in jamaica..thanks liked the mento

[bwoyrough]

nice one!

[seanfairman]

great footage gonna try to mash it for my big youth mash up miss lou ring ding

[bwoyrough]

Your mom has good taste! i also loved Miss Lou, she did so much for Jamaican Culture and folk history. There is a documentary which was made about her i am trying to find, if anyone has this one please could u mail me.

thnx

[TheTrinmaican]

this is my moms idol