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Sugar Cane Alley (French title: La Rue Cases-Nègres) is a 1983 film directed by Euzhan Palcy. It is set in Martinique in the 1930s, when black people working sugarcane fields were still treated harshly by their white employers.
A film based on a novel about a Martinique orphan's journey from poverty to education in the 1920s. Roger Ebert praises the director's personal vision and the actors' performances in this foreign family drama.
Sep 21, 1983 · Sugar Cane Alley: Directed by Euzhan Palcy. With Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé. Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
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- Drama, History
- Euzhan Palcy
- 1983-09-21
Nov 19, 2022 · A film by Euzhan Palcy, the first Black female director, about racism and colonialism in Martinique in the 1930s. Watch or download this forgotten masterpiece for free on Internet Archive.
A coming-of-age story of a Martinique boy in 1931, who faces colonial oppression, education challenges and a mysterious old man's stories. IMDb provides three different plot summaries and a link to contribute more information.
Sugar Cane Alley. In the French colony of Martinique in the 1930s, rambunctious teenager Jose (Garry Cadenat) lives in a rundown shack in a small farm village with his doting grandmother, M'Man...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
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On a sugar cane plantation in Martinique live Jose, a bright, mischevious 11-year-old, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save him from the hard life she has known. When Jose wins a scholarship, she is ready to sacrifice everything for his chance at an education and an escape...
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