Off to Kingston

It was that same night when the concept for RiseUp was born, that I also met the man who would become Associate Producer of this project, my companion during this whole adventure, Mr. Carlo "Amlak" Less. Carlo came from Kingston, invited by executive Producer Mark Hart, and spent the weekend with us in Montego Bay. By then, a friendship had started and we instantly shared the same vision: to expose the unknown talent populating the Jamaican underground. To do this, it was imperative to start our research in Kingston and Amlak, being an up-and-coming music producer himself, knew the scene very well. 

So it was time to go to town and begin this exploration. We got in the car and drove off with a simple plan: to find unknown artists and document their lives, their music and follow them in their dream. We were now on the road, filming a documentary called RiseUp. It had now started and within that excitement there was no time to think of the magnitude of what we were embarking on, how could we have known the epic odyssey ahead of us, to think that it would be 5 years before anyone would see this film...

The following 2 weeks were spent filming all over the island, from Kingston, to Negril, to Clarendon and it was during this period that we met all the artists that would end up being key players in this story. So, unknowingly, we were off to a good start...

The only document of the first night at "The Return of Charlie Chemist" Show: Luciano Blotta, Mark Hart and Carlo "Amlak" Less pose for a camera. The production team at its inception. 


Posted by RiseUpMovie at 4/2/2010 9:43 AM
Categories: Journal - the making of RiseUp
Tags: montego bay bob marley reggae documentary reggae film music underground carlo less riseup mark hart kingston luciano blotta jamaica rastafari ninja man
 

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