Perry Henzell , R.I.P.

Jamaica's first full length film producer Perry Henzell died today at age 70 of cancer. Probably best known for his production of "The Harder They Come", Perry died a poor man. I read an interview he did earlier this year and he lamented about how much money he lost doing Harder They Come, and how he had in fact given up on film as he would never have enough funds to either finish his projects or get them out to a mass market. He also wrote a novel "Power Game" back in the 80's.
His last film production, "No Place Like Home" was meant to be a follow-up to "Harder" and took many, many years of starting and stopping to complete. At one stage he actually lost the raw footage for many years. It is to be screened at a film festival in Jamaica sometime in December.