Jamaica and Germany / 1992 / 87mins / Docufiction, Drama / English

A Jamaican Rastafarian lives an impoverished existence with his two children in a shack on the outskirts of Kingston. Disgusted with modern civilization, Brother Howie, as he is known, dreams of repatriation to Africa. Out of the blue one day, he receives a letter from the sister he hasn't seen in 30 years inviting him to visit her in London. Leaving Jamaica for the first time in his life, he embarks on a journey that takes him to England and eventually to Egypt and Ghana.

Fritz Baumann

Fritz Baumann was born in 1950 in Brannenburg, Germany. From 1973-1977, he studied at the Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich. Since 1976, he has been working as an independent producer, director, recording supervisor and film editor. His films include: Mord (1974), Die Pensionierung (1975), Die Begegnungen (1976), co-direction on Let’s Not Talk About It (1978) and Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto (1981) with Werner Penzel, So frei wie der Loewe (1984), D’jubel Wies’n (1985), Woman (1989), The Journey of the Lion (1992) – winner of the Silver Plaque at Chicago in 1993 and the New York Times Film Critics’ Award in 1994, EisenBonn packt (1999) and Anansi (2002), among others. Learn More