This rather unique film begins with a young woman by the name of "Sylvia Walton" (Ida James) returning to Jamaica after being gone for most of her adult life to take possession of a banana plantation bequeathed to her from her father. However, rather than being warmly greeted upon her return, she soon learns that her half-sister "Isabelle Walton" (Nina Mae McKinney) has left the estate and gone off into the jungle to live. Naturally, this fills her with a great deal of sadness, but what she doesn't know is that both her overseer "Philip Ramsey" (Jack Carter) and Isabelle are conspiring against her in order to gain possession of the plantation for themselves. Now, as I stated earlier, this film was rather unique in that it consisted of an all-black cast and was basically targeted for black audiences. Obviously, considering that there were so few roles available for black actors during this time, it stands to reason that some of them would take whatever opportunities they could get. What disturbs me, however, was the flagrant use of racial stereotypes depicted in this movie which demeaned both the actors involved and the target audience combined. And if that wasn't bad enough, the low-budget nature of this film made everything seem even more cheap and tawdry. That being said, I don't consider this to be a good movie by any means and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.
