No Place Like Home

Legendary director Perry Henzell first came to worldwide acclaim with his explosive feature film, THE HARDER THEY COME.   Now, thirty years later, he returns to the big screen with NO PLACE LIKE HOME, a story of one woman’s journey to the heart of the real Jamaica.

When Susan, a film producer from New York City, comes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she’s only concerned with getting her job done and keeping the client happy but one thing and another take her further and further away from her familiar surroundings to a place that is no place like home.  

When Susan finds the heart of the country, and its people.  She discovers the political tension as the lure of tourist dollars and industrialization pits local citizens against politicians with dollars signs ruling their decisions.  But she also finds a seductive way of life that holds answers she’s been looking for, before she even realized the questions that were nagging at her. Over almost two decades, from the day she shot the commercial in Jamaica, to the days working behind her desk in her Manhattan office, Jamaica has been a part of Susan, and it will be her touchstone.

Director Perry Henzell’s second film is an exploration and revelation of a tropical culture that is breathtakingly beautiful, spontaneously surprising, musically entertaining and politically revealing all at the same time.  NO PLACE LIKE HOME is a seductive tale of finding one’s personal true north, even if it happens to be on the sun-kissed, turbulent, and enigmatic island nation of Jamaica.  

Want to see more?