Jamaicans in Bristol

Borja Cantera's documentary "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" is the story of Jamaicans in Bristol.

Narrated by local poet Miles Chambers, "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" covers the last six decades of what is now the second largest Jamaican community in the world outside Jamaica. Featuring key members of the St Pauls community "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" is an emotive and intense story in which subsequent generations of Jamaican descendents go through a process of reconciliation with their past on which to build a positive future for themselves and the proud, colorful anomaly that is St Pauls.

The documentary's vibrant narrative is due to Cantera's ability to encourage the locals to tell their story from their own perspective and from their own unique environment: the colourful, tight-knit multicultural community that is Bristol's St Pauls. A community, whose past has been as fruitful and instrumental in laying down the foundations for our modern multiethnic society, as it has been turbulent and painful.

With unique, never before seen footage, and a powerful sound track, "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" is a must see. A unique window through which history and culture, heroes and villains come together in a revealing and touchingly enriching film.

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