ABOUT
JAMAICA MEDIA PRODUCTIONS is a multi-media company specicalizing in publishing books, making films and engaging in projects of Jamaican cultural creativity. Founded in 1998 by author, journalist and film maker BARBARA MAKEDA BLAKE-HANNAH, the company has published 5 books, made 8 films and organized an annual festival of films promoting Jamaica's reggae culture, The company provides promotional support for members of Jamaica's reggae music industry, as well as for other authors, entertainment events and artists.
Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah is a respected Elder Empress and activist of the Rastafari religion. In 1968 she was hired by THAMES TV as Britain's first Black TV journalist. Another 'first' was her appointment in 1984 as an Independet Senator and the first RASTA to sit in the Jamaican Parliament. In 2002 she founded the Jamaica Reparations Movement (JaRM) which established the framework for Jamaica's official claim. She has lectured at universities in the USA, Europe and the Caribbean, and has been featured in several books and documentary films on Jamaica and the Rastafari religion.
About the Managing Director - AWARDS
Caribbean Arts Award
Presented by Caribbean Community & UNESCO - Induction into the Caribbean Hall of Fame in recognotion of her outstanding contribution in the field of Film 2013
Jamaica Pegasus, October 2013
W.I.S.H & WomanBition
Presented on International Womens Day, March 2015
In recognition of her consistent contribution to culture and the empowerment of women.
Empress Menen Award
BEFTA Award
One of 12 recipients of the 2012 Empress Menen Award presented by Rastafari Youth Independent Council for contribution to Rastafari- Hope Gardens, Kingston
Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Black Entertainment Film, Fashion & Television Awards,
for pioneering work in British journalism - London, - 2012
Adowa Centenary Medal
Gold Adowa Centenary Award - Diplomatic Rank- presented by the Ethiopian Crown Council for services to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica 1997