Film

Sugar Island

1.020251h 31mDrama

Director: Johanne Gómez Terrero
Year: 2025

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.

Top cast

Yelidá Díaz

Makenya

Ruth Emeterio

Filomena

Juan Maria Almonte

Grandfather

Génesis Piñeyro

Yelidá

Diógenes Medina

Leroi

Francis Cruz

El Vendedor

Xiomara Rodríguez

Doctora

Keven Carvajal

Chino en el picapollo

Directed by

Johanne Gómez Terrero

Written by

Johanne Gómez Terrero

Produced by

Fernando Santos Diaz, David Baute