An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in a batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields. Sugar Island is a powerful drama that explores the legacies of colonialism and social injustice, portraying a path to liberation through political awakening and the acceptance of ancestral spirituality.
Programming
21st Ficdh
Sugar Island
International Feature Films Official Competition
Dominican Republic in co-production with Spain / 2024 / 91 min. / Fiction
Rated: Suitable for people over 13 years old
Language: Spanish
Thematic: Colonialism, Identity, LGBTTIQ+
Section: Gender Views
Director: Johanné Gómez Terrero
Contact: film@patraspanou.biz
Dates, times and locations:
Sunday June 15 / 10 pm / El Cultural San Martín
Synopsis:
Trailer
Curatorial note:
Colonialism, gender, peasant struggles, bodily autonomy, reproductive health, diversity. Sugar Island is one of those rare films that can weave together a multiplicity of themes effortlessly—and does so with impeccable audiovisual composition. There is not much more to say: Sugar Island leaves a sweet aftertaste; a taste of independence and identity. Mariano Pozzi
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