2024 | Dominican Republic, Spain | Fiction

Sugar Island (2024)

  • Spanish English 91 mins
  • Director | Johanné Gómez Terrero
  • Writer | María Abenia, Johanne Gomez Terrero
  • Producer | Fernando Santos Diaz

STATUS: Released

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To the ire of her family, 14-year-old Makenya falls pregnant. Her dreams become dominated by sugar and serpents. Her grandfather, a sharecropper, fights for his rights and pension. A mysterious group of women gather and analyse texts about their country’s complex history of slavery and colonialism. Full of stunning imagery and political rage, Sugar Island marks the emergence of a unique new voice in Caribbean cinema.

Coming-of-age slavery colonialism exploration political