The Price of Sugar

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In 1997, appalled by the plight of 20,000 Haitians annually lured into laboring for low wages on sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic, Catholic priest, Christopher Hartley begins advocating to improve their working conditions. His efforts anger the wealthy plantation owners, who stoke the Dominicans' hatred against the Haitians they feel are taking their jobs.

Crime  Documentary

Directed by

Bill Haney

Starring

Christopher Hartley, Paul Newman