A group of pioneering Jamaican reggae musicians reunite to record an acoustic album in this engaging documentary that draws immediate comparisons with Buena Vista Social Club. Taking as its entry point a crowd-pleasing selection of seminal reggae tracks, Inna De Yard also explores Jamaica’s cultural history and social issues.
The structure and rhythm of the film are perhaps a little familiar, but then so is the music, which is part of the picture’s unassuming appeal. Both the film and its cast of charismatic, dreadlocked old-timers are loaded with an easy charm that is as heady as anything that gets smoked during the course of the recording sessions.
