Film · Afro-Caribbean diaspora

Sugar Island

Name: Sugar Island
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-03-21
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Ruth Emeterio, Juan Maria Almonte, Yelidá Díaz, Génesis Piñeyro, Diógenes Medina

Directed by Johanne Gómez Terrero · 2025 · 91 min

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.

Drama

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