LAT 131

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Film Response

Movie: The Price of Sugar

Film Length: 1: 29: 40

The Price of Sugar

The documentary, The Price of Sugar is about the life of poor people in the Dominican Republic. People in this region are forced to work on the Coast sugar plantation with a minimum wage of about 90 cents per day. Most of the workers live without food, water, sanitation, and even without access to medical health facilities. One of the wealthiest families in the region of Domingo controls the largest volume of all sugarcane harvested in the area. The family also engage in banking and real estate. One of the business leaders in the sugar sector is Vicini, who is considered to be powerful in every corner of the city. In his search for facts, Father Christopher embarks on a journey to find out how sugar plantation managers smuggle people to the country. The setting of the documentary leads to several themes. The main ones are injustice, improvised conditions, and human trafficking.

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