NYADIFF 2021 Review: Pimento & Hot Pepper-The Mento Story
Review Time. I was online for the most of the festival but was able to see films on the streaming site. One of the documentaries that I was able to watch was titled "Pimento and Hot Pepper" which documents the musical genre called Pimento which predates Soca in Trinidad and Tobago and was the precursor to Ska and Reggae in Jamaica. The film documents the early days of commercial music in Jamaica. The combination of folk and work stories weaved into musical tunes was the most