Perry Henzell:
A Filmmaker’s Odyssey

“Perry Henzell: A Filmmaker’s Odyssey” tells the inspiring story of the re-discovery and completion of “No Place Like Home” – the late great Perry Henzell’s follow-up to his Jamaican classic “The Harder They Come” – tracing the long journey it took to bring the film to the big screen.

David Garonzik first screened “The Harder They Come” while running Miramax’s screening room and it became a cinema mantra for him. He in turn set out to write and direct a children’s musical set on the island of Jamaica using the best reggae music. While doing research in Jamaica for this project, David had the opportunity to meet Perry Henzell, the filmmaker who had changed his life, and in the process was soon to learn about “No Place Like Home,” Henzell’s long lost follow-up feature to “The Harder They Come.”

David was determined to help locate the film’s negative that had been missing for 30 years. He succeeded, and then went on to organize the restoration and finishing of “No Place Like Home.” Through his efforts, the film was finally completed and premiered as a work-in-progress at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The final completed film was released in 2019 by Shout! Factory in a 3-disc deluxe blu-ray along with “The Harder They Come” and hours of bonus features.