Pimento and Hot Pepper - The Mento Story

Pimento and Hot Pepper - The Mento Story (2017)

September 14th, 20170h 57min

Documentary
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Overview

Mento was the first national music of Jamaica and it begat Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae and the Dancehall music of today. No film has been made wholly about the subject and it is a little known genre around the world.


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