A forty (40) minute film on Marcus Garvey dubbed ‘Mosiah’ was unveiled by the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), at the Institute of Jamaica, IOJ, yesterday Heroes Day Monday October 21, 2024.
The film sought to capture the period of the early 1920s where Marcus Garvey was charged for mail fraud.
Music news caught up with UNIA President Steven Golding who set the tone about the essence of the film.
An almost capacity lecture hall saw scenes where Garvey, while in the United States approach the Ku Klux Klan, KKK seeking consensus and assistance in helping blacks return to Africa and being mocked, throwback scenes of his father, who was a gravedigger, putting a young Garvey in a grave to reinforce a fearless nature in him fast forward to Garvey being thrown in jail on accusations of mail fraud and then ends with Garvey on trial and valiantly attempting to defend himself in Court with the help of supporters. The final scene ends with scripted words reflecting that Garvey was eventually convicted and questions the fairness of the conviction.
The cast was predominantly American with Garvey being played by American actor Samuel Lee Fudge.
Discussing how he came to be involved in the film, the American Director, Jirard revealed to music news that the film was written by Samuel and largely self- financed.
