Sugar Island (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.
- Date of release
- 2025-03-21
- TMDB
- 1.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Johanne Gómez Terrero
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Sugar Island is a 2024 coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Johanné Gómez Terrero. It stars Yelidá Díaz as Makenya, a 14-year-old Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in a sugarcane community and is forced to begin her journey to adulthood after becoming pregnant.
Production
Principal photography took place in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.
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