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People February 7, 2025 | 9:14 am

‘Sugar Island’ by Johanné Gómez explores the realities of life in the sugarcane fields

Santo Domingo.- Dominican filmmaker Johanné Gómez presents Sugar Island, a film that explores life in the bateyes, where Dominican-Haitian sugarcane workers face displacement due to mechanization. The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate Degli Autori section, was also featured at the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival.
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