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Sugar Island

Johanné Gómez Terrero

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Day 19 at 16:00 - Teatro Cervantes

Day 19 at 22:00 - Cine Albéniz - Sala 4

Day 20 at 19:15 - Multicines Rosaleda - Sala 1

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COUNTRY Dominican Republic, Spain

PRODUCTION Tinglado Film, Guasábara Cine

YEAR2024

DURATION90 min

WRITING Johanné Gómez Terrero, María Abenia

CINEMATOGRAPHY Alván Prado

MUSIC Jonay Armas, Gagá de la 30

EDITION Raúl Barreras

CAST Yelidá Díaz, Juan María Almonte, Ruth Emeterio, Génesis Piñeyro, Diógenes Media, Xiomara Rodríguez, Isabel Spencer, Francis Cruz

DISTRIBUTION Pleamar

INTERNATIONAL SALES Patra Spanou

CONTACT produccion@tingladofilm.es

SYNOPSIS Makenya, a teenager in a sugarcane-surrounded Batey community, into adulthood. Her mother serves the spiritual Mysteries; her grandfather fights for pension rights. As industry mechanization threatens their displacement without compensation, a serpent representing the Mysterious guides Makenya to embrace both her earthly power and multi-dimensional awareness, navigating the realm of the impossible.

Johanné Gómez Terrero She is an Afro-diasporic artist who positions her work within a Caribbean and decolonial framework. Her field of interest and study encompasses complex thinking, anti-racist struggle and marronage cinema. The short documentary Caribbean Fantasy sparked her career as a director. She is also involved as a producer and consultant in various development labs. She is a graduate, teacher, and chair coordinator at EICTV Cuba, and holds a Master’s Degree from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) in Spain. FILMOGRAPHY Sugar Island (documentary, 2024), Caribbean Fantasy (documentary, 2016), Bajo las carpas (documentary, 2014)

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