The Price of Sugar

Director: Bill Haney
Cast: Father Christopher Hartley, Paul Newman (narrator)
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 90 minutes
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screening in: Emerging Visions

Screening Times

7:30 PM, Sunday March 11th - Dobie
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5:00 PM, Tuesday March 13th - Dobie
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Synopsis:
When a charismatic Spanish priest arrives in the Dominican Republic, he's warned against entering the sugar plantations where most of his parishioners live. Breaking a centuries old taboo, he ventures into the plantations and makes a shocking discovery: thousands of dispossessed Haitians tirelessly working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the laborers are virtually invisible under the eyes of the law and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights. Against a tide of violent protests instigated by powerful interests who profit from the plantations, the priest and sugarcane workers vow to change this system which counts the U.S. as its largest export market.

Director's Bio:
Bill Haney is a director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of Uncommon Productions. His award-winning films include A Life Among Whales, Gift of the Game and Racing Against the Clock.