Drama |
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.
Directed By: Johanne Gómez Terrero
Star Cast: Yelidá Díaz , Ruth Emeterio , Juan Maria Almonte , Génesis Piñeyro ,
Drama
ritual migration spirituality hair burden haitian colonialism social activism unwanted pregnancy motherhood woman director enslavement dominican sugarcane granddaughter juxtapositions queer black identity prose youth latin american teenager sugar first feature
Yelidá Díaz
Makenya
Ruth Emeterio
Filomena
Juan Maria Almonte
Grandfather
Génesis Piñeyro
Yelidá
Diógenes Medina
Leroi
Francis Cruz
El Vendedor
Xiomara Rodríguez
Doctora
Marivel Contreras
Keven Carvajal
Chino en el picapollo