| Man, it has been a long time since I last watched | | | | among Jamaican Movies. The introduction is classic. |
| Rockers, but I decided to watch it again recently and it | | | | The movie starts out with a scene of Nyabinghi |
| reigns supreme as the BEST movie to learn Jamaican | | | | Drumming, one of the foundations of Rastafari Culture |
| Slang and Patois. It stands out among the other | | | | and Reggae. From there, the movie gets started and |
| Jamaican films produced before or after. | | | | one of the things that people learning jamaican slang |
| Rockers is the 1977 film by Greek Director, Theodoros | | | | and patois will like is that the entire movie is in |
| Bafaloukos filmed in Jamaica about a band of Rastas | | | | Jamaican Patois. Not only do you get the accent, |
| that love reggae, having fun and fighting the forces of | | | | pronunciation and words, you also get the body |
| Babylon aka the "uptown top rankings". The movie | | | | language and context of certain things. Now, the movie |
| follows drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace as he | | | | was filmed over 25 years ago, so some of the words |
| gets into different adventures everyday with his rasta | | | | are dated, but the essence of patois and rasta is still |
| friends. Some of his friends are reggae legends such | | | | well captured in the movie. |
| as Jacob Miller, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Lee | | | | This is the type of movie you watch every day or |
| Scratch Perry and many more greats. Any movie with | | | | two to get familiar with the sound of Patois and some |
| such legends would not be complete if it didn't | | | | of the expressions. For example, CHA Mon...you can |
| performances by some of these artists. Both Lee | | | | read that in a book, but to see the context in which |
| Scratch Perry and Jacob Miller do performances that | | | | that phrase is used can only be capture in person or |
| are brief, but invaluable. The soundtrack alone makes | | | | on film. |
| the movie worth watching. | | | | This is the best movie to watch if you want to have a |
| Although the movie is fun and has great music, there | | | | good time, learn Jamaican Slang, see rastas and hear |
| are several other reasons why its a shining star | | | | classic reggae. |