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The price of sugar / [presented by] Uncommon Productions ; directed by Bill Haney ; written by Bill Haney & Peter Rhodes ; produced by Bill Haney & Eric Grunebaum.
LIBRA DVD 021 005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Hartley, Christopher, 1959-.
- Hartley, Christopher.
- Sugar workers--Dominican Republic.
- Sugar workers.
- Sugarcane industry--Dominican Republic.
- Sugarcane industry.
- Foreign workers, Haitian--Dominican Republic.
- Foreign workers, Haitian.
- Forced labor--Dominican Republic.
- Forced labor.
- Haitians--Dominican Republic.
- Haitians.
- Dominican Republic.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Yorker Films, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Dialogue in Spanish and English; subtitles in Spanish; narration in English.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This documentary profiles the courageous Father Christopher Hartley, a Spanish priest who travels to the Dominican Republic to stop a modern-day slavery operation. Thousands of Haitian men are forced to work in inhumane conditions to harvest sugar cane for the wealthy. Includes commentary by Father Hartley.
- Participant:
- Paul Newman, narrator.
- Credits:
- Principal cinematography, Eric Cochran, Jerry Risius ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; original music, Claudio Ragazzi.
- Notes:
- Audience Award SXSW Film Festival, 2007.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 189420725
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