The Price of Sugar is a 2007 Uncommon Productions film directed by Bill Haney and produced by Haney and Eric Grunebaum about exploitation of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic involved with production of sugar, and the efforts of Spanish priest Father Christopher Hartley to ameliorate their situation.
- Claudio Ragazzi
- 11 March 2007 (US)
- Bill Haney, Eric Grunebaum
- Christopher Hartley
The Price of Sugar Edit Summaries 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.
11 mar 2007 · The Price of Sugar: Directed by Bill Haney. With Christopher Hartley, Paul Newman. 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 ...
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- Bill Haney
- Unrated
- Documentary
Directed by Bill Haney; written (in English and Spanish, with English subtitles) by Mr. Haney and Peter Rhodes; narrated by Paul Newman; directors of photography, Eric Cochran and Jerry Risius;...
The Price of Sugar is a 2007 Uncommon Productions film directed by Bill Haney and produced by Haney and Eric Grunebaum about exploitation of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic involved with production of sugar, and the efforts of Spanish priest Father Christopher Hartley to ameliorate their situation. It is narrated by actor Paul Newman.
Synopsis. 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.