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starring: Audrey Reid, Carl Davis, Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Cherine Anderson directed by: Don Letts, Rick Elgood See Larger Image Used Price: $3.49 Third Party New Price: $9.98 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304686218 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6304686218 Label: Palm Pictures / Umvd Manufacturer: Palm Pictures / Umvd Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Palm Pictures / Umvd Release Date: November 04, 1997 Running Time: 98 minutes Sales Rank: 49249 Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1997 Related Items: Shottas Third World Cop Rude Boy Countryman It's All About Dancing: Jamaican Dance-U-Mentary see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A Cinderella story from the mean streets of Kingston, Jamaica, the alternately comic and gritty Dancehall Queen is an intriguingly dark crowd pleaser. Marcia (Audrey Reid) is a single mom and street vendor barely scraping by even with a financial assist from the seemingly avuncular Larry (Carl Davis), a gun-toting strongman with a twisted desire for Marcia's teenage daughter. Complicating things is Priest (Paul Campbell), a murderous hood who killed Marcia's friend and now is terrorizing the defenseless woman. Facing three big problems--Larry, Priest, and a lack of money---Marcia arrives at an inspired solution: develop an alter ego, a dancing celebrity called the Mystery Lady who can compete in a cash-prize contest and pit both of the men against one another. Which is exactly what she does, and it's great fun watching Marcia instigate her complicated plan with a little help from sympathetic friends. Colorful, rowdy, funny, and dangerous, Dancehall Queen is a clever and ceaselessy energetic movie steeped in Kingston street life and the desire to keep body and soul together at home. Reid is a delight as the everyday figure who transforms into an icon in the evenings, and the dance scenes are amazingly bawdy. --Tom Keogh Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Good I love it. I saw it a long time ago back in the 90's and just had to get it. Rating: - Marcia - Street Vendor I liked the story line. The character that played the mother of two young girls and raising them the best way she could without a father and having her teen age daughter sleep with a man she knew was too old for her so that she could get an education and was able to change things for the better for her and her children was enlightning. This was actually a movie I would'nt have watched but it wasn't so bad. Rating: - great! Real Jamaican story. At first hard to understand each word, but you get it. I love this movie! Rating: - Great Movie! As a Jamaican American (born and raised in JA), I can safely say this is one of the best Jamaican-themed movies ever! I saw it when it opened at Carib Theatre in Jamaica back then and I watch it over and over and over again on VHS. I'll be purchasing the DVD to keep with my movie collection. This movie touches on many issues that exist in Jamaica up until today. Rating: - Old Fashion movie made straight from the heart. This movie is something else. When this was released in 1997, "Dancehall Queen" created a sensation in Jamaica, eventually surpassing Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition) as the highest-grossing film in that country's history. I remember enjoying this film when it first came out on tape and before hand created a lot of buzz. Once I'd purchased it I'd also pass it along to my friends at the time and found it very entertaining. Just recently watching this the other day gave me a great sense of recollection ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: By Theme - Art House & International - Genres - VHS - Video - Melodrama By Theme - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Melodrama Family Life - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Mothers & Daughters Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Musicals & Performing Arts - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS