The Caribbean tradition of Jab Jab
Channel: NOWNESS
Date: 2017-10-07

Directors Tom Harrad and Reuben Millns explore the tradition of Jab Jab, in this bewitching portrait of Grenada's annual J’ouvert festival. Thousands of Grenadians congregate in the middle of the night to ‘play Jab,’ covered head-to-toe in motor oil as a symbol of remembrance and defiance. Read more on NOWNESS - http://bit.ly/2fPQptU

CREDITS:

Interview: Colin Dowe
Directors: Tom Harrad and Reuben Millns
Production Company: Black Dog Films
Executive Producers: Martin Roker, Jacob Swan, Adam Smith
Producer: Sam Holmes
Editor: Charlie Rotberg
Sound Design: Tom Joyce at Sound Canvas
Colourist: Nick Wakeling at Absolute Post
Archive Music: Gentle Benjamin at G.B.T.V
Opening Track: LAFAWMDAH courtesy of WARP RECORDS
Composer: Mike Barret
Commissioner: Michael Lewin

Special thanks to:
Amamda Smith, Pouddle, 
Alva Cecilia, Brando,
Amber Felix, Carlson St Paul,
Glen Forsyth, Junior, Fiona McIntyre,
Rob Bates and the Grenada Tourism,
Authority, BB's Crabback,
Anna Jaskiewicz at Warp Records,
Anna Mears at End of the Road,
Alasdair Wilson at VMI,
Gery Krasteva and Dan Bennett at Absolutle,
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