Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica

Inna De Yard: The Soul of Jamaica is a 2019 music documentary film about Jamaican reggae music, written and directed by Peter Webber.^[2][3] The film is based around the recording of an album in Kingston, Jamaica by Jamaican reggae music veterans.^[4] It also "doubles as a capsule history of Jamaican reggae"^[4] and shows the band performing the songs at a concert at Le Trianon in Paris.^[5]

Directed byPeter Webber

Written byPeter Webber

Produced by

• Laurent Baudens
• Laurent Flahault
• Yann Legay
• Gaël Nouaille

Starring

• Ken Boothe
• Kiddus I
• Jah9
• Winston McAnuff
• Judy Mowatt
• Cedric Myton
• Lloyd Parks

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Inna De Yard: The Soul of Jamaica
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Directed by	Peter Webber
Written by	Peter Webber
Produced by	Laurent Baudens Laurent Flahault Yann Legay Gaël Nouaille
Starring	Ken Boothe Kiddus I Jah9 Winston McAnuff Judy Mowatt Cedric Myton Lloyd Parks
Cinematography	Bernard Benant
Edited by	Giles Gardner
Production company	Borsalino Films
Release date	29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) (Tribeca Film Festival)[1]
Running time	99 minutes
Language	English

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The musical supergroup, a project also called Inna De Yard, is shown collaborating on recording an acoustic album of old songs by each of the musicians, in Saint Andrew Parish in 2017.^[6]

Inna De Yard had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in 2019.^[1][7] It showed at Sydney Film Festival the same year.^[8] As of October 2021^[update], 94% of the 17 reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10.^[9]