The Devils Daughter (1939)

★★★★ · Obeah, Jamaica & Harlem · Poohbah70 · 2019-06-10

It is hard for me to fathom the ignorance and attitudes exhibited by previous reviewers of this film - although I recognize them as the varied and typical kind that exist in today's world - shuck & jive crap or stupid story, good music or just plain bad film. I see this film as an almost anthropological and ethnographic evocation- some might say imaginings - leavened with some melodramatic love stories to hold the whole thing together and create popular interest - by some daring film makers way back in the 1930s. It has an all-black cast, save for the one bad white guy - who is no worse a…

★★★★ · Amazing drums, lousy clichés. · kidam · 2010-04-18

Amazing! This drumming is the ancestor of "grounation" or "nyabinghi" drumming, which formed the basis for Ska and other Jamaïcan music. The earlier anthropological recordings of that kind of music only go back to the 50's, if I am not mistaken. Does anyone know who the group was? Could anyone help me locate a copy of this? Otherwise the film is the usual pile of colonial clichés...

★ · So painful · ghostmadl · 2013-10-12

The story was slow but I just couldn't get past the horrible roles and dialogue given to the black actors. It was of some entertainment value but more as a time capsule of the injustice of bad roles given to minorities.

It's amazing... · gestroud · 2010-04-18

that in the 21st century there are still bigoted asses like doowopbop in existence. Oh well, what do you expect from a California dj who makes his money performing karaoke while he still lives in his mother's house.