Free ska film ticket
Readers of this blog are offered a free ticket to DUKE VIN & THE BIRTH OF SKA
It’s on Thursday 27 October at 7.30pm at the Peckham Plex Cinema
BUT you must book in advance either by email free_duke@live.com or from 07415 174 451
The Peckham Plex Cinema is at 95a Rye Lane, London SE15 4ST
This is what the organisers say about the film:
London in the 1950’s was a cold place
in more ways than the obvious. Or
so it appeared if you were one of the
thousands of newly arrived Jamaicans.
Many were overqualified for their menial
jobs. Thousands of others quite simply
could not get work. Discrimination and
racial tensions culminated in fierce riots in
both Nottingham and Notting Hill Gate. It
was in this environment that the Jamaican
soundmen; Duke Vin and Count Suckle
arrived in the UK. They both stowed away
on a boat from Kingston and brought with
them a sound that was sweeping across
the small Caribbean island and would
later change the face of music in the UK.
This was the sound of Ska!
Hopefully, you will watch DUKE VIN &
THE BIRTH OF SKA and ponder:
Where would the 2-Tone movement
have been without SKA?