The Harder They Come - An Ideal Movie to Learn to Speak Jamaican?

I love to watch Jamaican films where I can hear citizen speak Jamaican. The Harder They Come was one of the first Jamaican films I saw growing up and I was always a fan of the film, so when I got my hands on the 30th Anniversary special Edition of the film I had to watch it!

The Harder They Come is a movie about a musician, Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin (played by legend, Jimmy Cliff), from the Jamaican countryside who goes to Kingston, the capital, to make records and start his music career. As with so many stories like this, things are not as easy for Ivan as he plan they would be. Upon his arrival in Kingston, Ivan is robbed of all of his money and then searches for odd jobs to maintain himself while using his spare time to get studio time and article music. Finally he is hired to work in a heal shop by a preacher. Ivan soon gets the occasion to make a article which ultimately becomes a hit, but before he sees the returns on his talent, he sells the song to an unsavory music mogul for instead of his desired 0. Down on his luck, Ivan is quick to fight and ends up killing one of his co-workers at the heal shop. He is soon wanted by the police and becomes an outlaw with a dream of being a hit musician. Eventually, his song becomes the whole one song in Jamaica and he is a extremely sought after musician. As a effect of this film and its soundtrack, Jimmy Cliff became a world preeminent Jamaican musician.

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This movie was one of the first Jamaican films to truly give an in depth look into the path so many Jamaican artists followed to come to be famous. Just like Jimmy Cliff, in the past, many artists went to Kingston to get a article deal. The dishonest music mogul is a recurring them in the Jamaican musician's road to fame. The other thing that this film presents to citizen is the "Bad Man" element of Jamaica. A Bad Man is a Gangster and often times, citizen complex in the music scene are also complex in other less healthy elements of Jamaican society.

This movie is pretty good for hearing citizen Speak Jamaican Patois, but not the best. The good thing about the film is that you can hear the Jamaican accent and pronunciation, but it is not the most Patois intense film out there. The Harder They Come is also not a film about Rastas or whatever associated to the Rasta way of life. It does show a side of Jamaican culture that so few Jamaican movies show, the chase to get a article deal. It is for this imagine that the Harder They Come has a special place in the Jamaican Film Catalog. I suggest getting this movie to get a more profound comprehension of Jamaican Music Culture, but its not the best option for man learning to Speak Jamaican Patois.

The Harder They Come - An Ideal Movie to Learn to Speak Jamaican?