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. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean
water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a
charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of
this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting
from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we
consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where
our responsibility lies.
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. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean
water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a
charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of
this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting
from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we
consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where
our responsibility lies.
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