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A dancehall queen documentary, directed by cori wapnowski and coproduced by jay will, janet ginsburg and stacy frankel, has been making the rounds at festivals around the world. Cori mckenna, a new york filmmaker, debuted her femalefocused dancehall documentary entitled bruk out. A look deep inside the raw, energetic world of jamaican dancehall culture through the eyes of. Combining explosive underground dance visuals with emotionally intimate verite scenes, the film is a neverbeforeseen window into the life of the dancehall queen. Together with enough dance crew performed at concerts of artists such as demarco, popcaan, tommy lee, aidonia, jimmy cliff and many more. A dancehall queen documentary screen25 affordable bruk out.
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