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“What I like about The CineForum and Reg Hartt and what makes him a valuable figure is his belief in cinema as a living, breathing thing, something to be enjoyed and argued about, not genuflected at or framed on a wall and revered at a respected distance. In his presentations he refutes the conventional wisdom that films like THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) are better appreciated as historical artifacts than entertainments. To see KID DRACULA, his show that pairs F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) with Radiohead to surprisingly effective results is to be reminded that the classics were made for the raw public before they were made for cinema studies syllabi. I have rarely felt a film’s greatness in a classroom but I have often felt it at Reg Hartt’s CineForum.”—a cinema studies student.

Denise Jones

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December 7, 2020

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I am saddened to hear I lost a friend and the country lost a good woman.

We met posting flyers for our events on the street. Denise asked if I would help her. I said, “Be happy too.”

–Reg Hartt

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/12/13/remembering-denise-jones-a-force-of-nature-and-irrepressible-promoter-of-caribbean-culture.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/06/denise-jones-64-a-role-model-and-mentor-who-championed-black-lives-her-entire-life.html

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/denise-jones-is-dead_209222

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20201205/jambana-producer-denise-jones-has-died