- event type:WOMEX 25 Film Screening
- date:25 Oct 2025
- time:15:30 - 16:30
- city/area:Tampere
- venue:Film Room, Tampere Hall, Sopraano
- country:Finland
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Directed by Dione Roach
Duration 11’ | French with English subtitles
PAM takes you to Cameroon to meet Steve Happi, a producer and sound engineer who has set up a recording studio in Douala’s central prison. Co-founder of the Jail Time Records label, he continues to use music to give hope to prisoners and as a means of reinsertion for those who make it out. Learn more about Steve and the project in this documentary by Dione Roach as part of PAM’s Off the Map series.
Dione Roach is a visual artist and the founder and director of Jail Time Records, the first record label created and operating from inside an African prison. She believes culture and creativity are one of the most powerful tools for both social and individual development.
Production Country, Year France and Cameroon, 2024
Produced by PAM
Co-produced by Julien Kourbatoff & Vladimir Cagnolari
Director of Photography Dione Roach
Sound Pepin Atame
Music Steve Happi & Jail Time Collective
Editor Dione Roach
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