Jamaican movie 'One Love' premieres at International film festival

One of the stars Ms. Cherine Anderson (right) and one of the directors Ms. Rick Elgood (left) of "One Love" get together following the screening of the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, 8th September

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Toronto, Canada: One Love, a Jamaican movie about forbidden love between a reggae musician of the Rastafarian faith and the lead singer of a church choir and a pastor's daughter, opened at the 28th Annual Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada this week. 

Starring Mr. Ky-Mani Marley and Ms. Cherine Anderson, the Jamaica/United Kingdom/Norway production tells the story of the forbidden love between Kassa (Marley) and Ms. Serena Johnson (Anderson.) How love eventually overcomes the differences of the two worlds - Christian and Rastafarian - is the premise of the movie.

Filmed in Port Antonio and Stony Hill, 'One Love' showed the natural beauty of Jamaica with country's lush and scenic countryside featured prominently. 

Mr. Rick Elgood, one of the directors of the movie, is optimistic the film would redress the imbalance in the portrayal of Jamaica in movies as a violent place, JIS News reported on Wednesday, 10th September. He told moviegoers following the premiere of 'One Love' that, "The Jamaican culture has a lot of texture. We wanted to make a movie that did not glorify drugs, guns and violence."

'One Love' also features Mr. Winston Stona as Serena's father Pastor Johnson; Mr. Idris Alba as Aaron, Serena's fiancé; Mr. Winston Bell as the notorious and corrupt record producer, Selector G; Mr. Carl Bradshaw as an obeah man, and Mr. Vas Blackwood as Scarface, Selector G's henchman. The screenplay was written by Mr. Trevor Rhone, from the original story by Ms. Yvonne Deutschman. The other director is Don Letts and both directors also collaborated on the 1997 hit 'Dancehall Queen.' 

The 10-day Toronto International Film Festival, which ends on Saturday, 13th September, will showcase more than 300 films from 55 countries, with about 75 per cent being world and North American premieres.

Star of "One Love," Ms. Cherine Anderson (2nd left) is congratulated by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Ms. Vivia Betton (2nd right), Trade Commissioner, Ms. Cherita Girvan-Campbell (right), and a friend, Ms. Sheila Barker (left), following the screening of the movie

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