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The Price of Sugar

The Price of Sugar

20071h 30m
Documentary

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Released

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2007

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1h 30m

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Storyline

On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Mar 11, 2007
Languages
English
Director
Bill Haney
Production
Uncommon Productions
Uncommon Productions
Production Countries
Dominican RepublicHaiti
Official Website

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Narrator (voice)

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