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Sweet Sugar Rage (1985)

Sweet Sugar Rage (1985)

Documentary
Release Date: 1985, January 1
Directors: Harclyde Walcott, Honor Ford-Smith
Countries: Canada, Jamaica

Overview:

A popular Jamaican women's troupe uses improvisation and theater as consciousness-raising tools for both rural and urban audiences. Their performances speak directly to the daily experiences of women--the least empowered workers, who labor long hours for low wages with no benefits or rights to organize for better conditions. Using role-play and interviews with female cane workers, the collective develops dramatizations which analyze social issues and pinpoint their concerns.