Sugar Island

Sugar Island (2025-03-21)

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Overview

An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields.

Directed By: Johanne Gómez Terrero

Star Cast: Yelidá Díaz , Ruth Emeterio , Juan Maria Almonte , Génesis Piñeyro ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 91m
Popularity: 0.415
Language: es

Budget: $0
Revenue: $2,028

Vote Average: 1
Vote Count: 1

Keywords

ritual migration spirituality hair burden haitian colonialism social activism unwanted pregnancy motherhood woman director enslavement dominican sugarcane granddaughter juxtapositions queer black identity prose youth latin american teenager sugar first feature

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Yelidá Díaz

Yelidá Díaz

Makenya

Ruth Emeterio

Ruth Emeterio

Filomena

Juan Maria Almonte

Juan Maria Almonte

Grandfather

Génesis Piñeyro

Génesis Piñeyro

Yelidá

Diógenes Medina

Diógenes Medina

Leroi

Francis Cruz

Francis Cruz

El Vendedor

Xiomara Rodríguez

Xiomara Rodríguez

Doctora

Keven Carvajal

Keven Carvajal

Chino en el picapollo