Sugar Island
Dir: Johanne Gomez TerreroCast: Yelidá Díaz, Francis Cruz, Xiomara Rodríguez
91mins 2024 Dominican Republic Certificate: TBC Spanish
Subtitled 
F-Rated Sugar Island
Part of Crossroads, a new annual screening series bringing contemporary Caribbean film to independent venues across South East England
Screened in collaboration with Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF)
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.
A serpent appears in her path. It is the embodiment of The Mysteriouss, entities that guide her towards recognizing her earthly power and her awareness in a parallel and Afro-futuristic dimension.