Hawkeye (Jamaica)

Waymatea and the Highlife Sound Collective (Edmonton)

JUNO Nominated Reggae Singer/Songwriter, founder and front woman of Canada’s Souljah Fyah, Waymatea Ellis is introducing a new Reggae project, Highlife Sound Collective. Featuring some of Edmonton’s finest musicians, Highlife Sound Collective is excited to dive into the Canadian Reggae Scene.

Babylon – Film Screening – June 6, 2019

Franco Rosso’s incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for “being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension” (Vivien Goldman, Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a young dancehall DJ (Brinsley Forde, frontman of landmark British reggae group Aswad) in South London as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Written by Martin Stellman (Quadrophenia) and shot by two-time Oscar® winner Chris Menges (The Killing Fields) with beautifully smoky cinematography that has been compared to Taxi Driver, Babylon is fearless and unsentimental, yet tempered by the hazy bliss of the dancehall set to a blistering reggae and lovers rock soundtrack featuring Aswad, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Bovell, and more.

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2019

Time: 7:00 pm show start time

Location: Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW

Admission: $10 (Eventbrite and at the door)

Film Rating: TBA, Run Time: 95 minutes
Film Trailer