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Sugar Island

1.0 / 10 1.0 2025 1h 31m

Drama

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.

Directed by Johanne Gómez Terrero

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from Sugar Island

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CAST

The people behind the story

Yelidá Díaz

Yelidá DíazMakenya

Ruth Emeterio

Ruth EmeterioFilomena

Juan Maria Almonte

Juan Maria AlmonteGrandfather

Génesis Piñeyro

Génesis PiñeyroYelidá

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Diógenes MedinaLeroi

Francis Cruz

Francis CruzEl Vendedor

Xiomara Rodríguez

Xiomara RodríguezDoctora

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Keven CarvajalChino en el picapollo