The Shottas are one of the leading criminal groups in Colombia’s port city of Buenaventura. The group gained notoriety due to its fierce and violent rivalry with the city’s other principal criminal ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Aiming for the mythical rise-and-destruction territory of crime films like "Scarface," writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation ...

It’s tempting to compare the Jamaican crime drama “Shottas” to the 1972 Jimmy Cliff classic, “The Harder They Come,” especially considering the music stars in it (including Bob Marley’s son, Kymani, ...

The most violent and gun filled streets of Kingston, Jamaica seem like a day at a Beverly Hills’ spa, when compared to the unscrupulous and underhanded dealings of some in the film industry. Don’t ...

In our series ‘The Films That Made Us’, we take a look back at the films that have shaped British music over the last three decades. In this third edition, we talk to pioneering grime producer/DJ Sir ...

Dr Herbert Gayle, senior lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI), is underscoring the important role that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can play in addressing the root causes ...

The residents of Buenaventura hide after nightfall as a deadly war between rival gangs brings terror to their doorstep - Copyright AFP Joaquin SARMIENTO The residents ...

Writer-director Cess Silvera is in talks to direct rapper T.I. in “Grand Hustle.” Silvera, who scripted the drama, also is weighing offers for “Shottas 2,” a film he’s written and will direct that ...

SPRAGGA Benz believes the cult classic Shottas will always resonate with Jamaicans and those who are fascinated with Jamaican life. “ Shottas survived because the story surrounds the lives of real ...

Kicking around the festival circuit since its 2002 completion, Cess Silvera’s ganja gangsta dud follows a couple of shottas (Jamaican gangsters, for those of you who aren’t shottas) as they blast, ...

Shottas actor and performing artist Louie Rankin has died. He was 66. Rankin, whose real name is Leonard Ford, was involved in a collision with a transport truck in Shelburne, Ont., Ontario Provincial ...