Please join us for a special film event with guest curator, Robert Farlice.
Farlice has a film and television background and worked at San Francisco State for thirty years. His two main interests are Third World cinema and Film Noir. "I like to delve deeper into a film than just watching it," Farlice says. "There are so many aspects to the development and production. I approach my presentations so that a viewer can get a deeper understanding of the intent and meaning of a film."

Robert is excited to share this breakthrough film- the first film to introduce reggae to the world. "The Harder They Come" stars Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring reggae singer in Kingston trying to navigate a corrupt music industry. Based on a true story, it has all of the pre-Bob Marley bands," says Farlice, "and is visually stunning. It was banned in Jamaica because it showed the police running the ganja trade."

The film's soundtrack includes seminal early reggae stars Desmond Dekker and Toots & the Maytals, is preserved in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, and is included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time.

Farlice will begin the movie screening with some background information about the film and will lead a discussion of the film once it concludes.

Catamount Arts' community film series shows films at the 115 Eastern Avenue arts center Wednesday evenings at 6pm. Admission is free of charge, and masks are required. For a complete listing of scheduled films, visit www.catamountarts.org.