DOMINO: West Indian Domino Players talk about the UK, London and Dominoes - Peckham

Dominoes is a game that many recognise but not everyone knows how to play. In many cultures around the world, the game is hugely popular and in the West Indies and Caribbean it is common place.
Filmed at the amazing Golden Anchor, Nunhead, Peckham, a Caribbean pub in the quiet Victorian back streets of Nunhead near Nunhead Green, I meet regulars who play the game regularly and interview them about the game and the links to Caribbean culture.
The UK is home to a huge amount of people from the West Indies, especially London, due to the links with the old Empire and the Windrush generation that originally moved here in the 50s. West Indian culture has had a huge affect on British culture ever since and London was introduced to a whole new culture.
South London became a home to those who came from Jamaica and neighbouring islands, with Brixton and Peckham becoming hubs for Caribbean food and culture. Electric Avenue in Brixton was turned into a song by Eddie Grant, Bob Marley was a regular to the area and the arcades started selling all the foods from home.
Peckham turned from a British style high street to a West Indian and West Indies market place. The Golden Anchor is a pub that reflects Nunhead and Peckham - a mix of cultures blending together with men playing dominoes in the corner as the other locals come and eat and drink. the Windrush generation made a huge impact om the city.
The area is known to be gentrifying now and with that comes the risk of losing the culture that has been formed over the last 50 years, as money comes in and purchases land, hopefully the two worlds can coexist.
Thanks to the amazing Lana Bewry at the Golden Anchor, Nunhead and the domino players, Chicka, Godfrey, Jean, Paul and Greg.
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Filmed with the current Covid regulations at the time of filming.
A film by Marcus Hessenberg with Elam Forrester.
Music by The Dubwegians - Track: Too Hot Dub (freemusicarchi...)
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[@rachelyan4385]

This is beautiful! I just got back from Jamaica where I ended up playing almost every night but didn’t know the game was linked culturally. Wish I was back there now :)

[@grantusguitar1269]

Hey me too!

[@rachelyan4385]

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