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Black Sugar
198857 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michel Régnier
Production: Éric Michel
Script: Michel Régnier
A shocking look at the living and working conditions of Haitian agricultural labourers in the Dominican Republic. Each year, some 20 000 workers cross the border to cut sugar cane, lured by promises of good money. Instead, they toil up to fourteen hours per day and live in unhealthy, cramped camps without running water, electricity, medical or educational facilities.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanOccupations and WorkSocial ProblemsWorking Life
- Agriculture > Crops - Cultivation and HarvestingForeign CountriesSocial Issues
- Work and Labour Relations > Cultural GroupsDiscrimination and Equal RightsWorking Conditions
- Social Issues > Cultural GroupsDiscrimination and StereotypingForeign SocietiesWork and Unemployment
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
Credits
- director
- Michel Régnier
- script
- Michel Régnier
- photography
- Michel Régnier
- editing
- Michel Régnier
- executive producer
- Éric Michel
- sound
- Catherine Van Der Donckt
- sound editing
- Gilles Quintal
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- narrator
- Gretta Chambers
- music
- Alexandre Clautaire
Awards
- Best Documentary directed by a non Latin-American filmmaker on a Latin-American or Caribbean Subject.ICAIC / Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine latino Americano
- Special Mention VUES D'AFRIQUE / Journées du cinéma africain et créole
- Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Social Issues International Film and Video Festival