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
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
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Yelidá Díaz
Makenya
Ruth Emeterio
Filomena
Juan Maria Almonte
Grandfather
Génesis Piñeyro
Yelidá
Francis Cruz
El Vendedor
Xiomara Rodríguez
Doctora
Crew
Johanne Gómez Terrero
Director
Johanne Gómez Terrero
Writer
Olga Valdez
Casting Assistant
Jorge Guimerá
Production Assistant
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Louise
6.0★ · 09/05/24
fascinating fabulation of situations which are very real in time and history. stunning movement between the primary narrative space and the film’s spaces of critical thinkings
fascinating fabulation of situations which are very real in time and history. stunning movement between the primary narrative space and the film’s spaces of critical thinkings
