Sugar Island
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.
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.
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
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.
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