CINECULTURE & FFW: The Price of Sugar

[Denise Blum]

Cineculture Club, together with Fresno Filmworks, presents:    

The Price of Sugar (2007)

 

Friday, February 8 @ 5:30 & 8:00PM

 

The Tower Theatre       The The Tower Theater; 815 E. Olive Avenue. Fresno

                                           $10.00 General Admission

                                        $8.00 for Students and Seniors

Directed by Bill Haney. 90 min.  Dominican Republic. NR.

Just a few miles inland from the tourist-filled beaches of the Dominican Republic, hidden from view, thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging powerful interests profiting from their work. The Vicini family which owns some of the sugar plantations on which the film was shot has filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers in an attempt to block the film's release. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced.

Cineculture Club promotes cultural awareness and addresses diversity issues through film and post-screening discussion.

President: Roxanne Villaluz rock...@yahoo.com

Advisor: Denise Blum db...@csufresno.edu