Dance Hall Queen

Dance Hall Queen

Dancehall Queen is a Jamaican movie which features actress Audrey Reed playing the role of Marcia, who is a single mom of three going through the struggles of everyday poverty in Jamaica. The movie encompasses what many poor Jamaican women are faced with. In an attempt to provide for her family she does vending on the streets. Here she is exposed to the roughest elements within the society, and  is constantly being provoked by a vicious murderer called Priest. She also has a guy that she needs  because of the financial assistance that he gives her. He is however a child molester and she knows it, but because of fearing to lose the financial support, she turns a blind eye to the fact he is sexually assaulting her teenage daughter. In an attempt to escape this way of life she disguised herself, wearing false hair and facial make-up and enters a dance hall contest, with the hope of winning some money.

                There is actually such an event that takes place every year in Jamaica that brings with a range of opportunity; however there are many Jamaican females who don’t get such an opportunity. They are either stranded with abusive men, or have chosen to try other ways of escaping into a better life, such as prostitution and even drugs trafficking. Many have settled with accepting life with the hardship it presence, and are satisfied with whatever little minimum wages work that they may get. There is however a minority that stuggles towards receiving a tertiary education, making them prepared for great job opportunity. Dance hall queen is  a subtle scope into reality of poor Jamaican women, none the less, it stays true to the reality of the Jamaican society.

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