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The Land of Look Behind: Precious, But Threatened
November 5th, 2014
In the early 1980s I saw a German documentary film called “In the Land of Look Behind.” It opens with a resident of Quickstep showing us an example of the biodiversity of the area – the tiny frog that lays her eggs in the wild pine, which holds rainwater. He then speaks about the need for development in the area, and jobs. It is a rambling film, moving into conversations with Rastafarians, footage of Bob Marley’s funeral, and so on. What fascinated me, though, were the dreamlike sequences of the Cockpit Country – the hillsides, the mountains darkening at dusk, the lush foliage – and the people. (Note: Look Behind is a district, apparently so named because nervous British soldiers would ride through there back to back on a horse – one looking ahead, one behind – watching out for attacks by the Maroons).
http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=2310
November 5th, 2014
In the early 1980s I saw a German documentary film called “In the Land of Look Behind.” It opens with a resident of Quickstep showing us an example of the biodiversity of the area – the tiny frog that lays her eggs in the wild pine, which holds rainwater. He then speaks about the need for development in the area, and jobs. It is a rambling film, moving into conversations with Rastafarians, footage of Bob Marley’s funeral, and so on. What fascinated me, though, were the dreamlike sequences of the Cockpit Country – the hillsides, the mountains darkening at dusk, the lush foliage – and the people. (Note: Look Behind is a district, apparently so named because nervous British soldiers would ride through there back to back on a horse – one looking ahead, one behind – watching out for attacks by the Maroons).
http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=2310