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  • Starring: Paul Newman
  • Summary: The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to challenge powerful interests profiting from their work. When he arrives in the Dominican Republic, he's warned against entering the sugar plantations where most of his parishioners live. Breaking a centuries-old taboo, he discovers shocking examples of modern-day slavery intrinsic to the global sugar trade. (Uncommon Productions)… Expand

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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Geoff Berkshire
    88
    Explores an unheralded but emotionally affecting issue in a straight-forward and engaging manner.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    80
    While the political implications of the film are provocative, "Sugar" also happens to be an impressive cinematic achievement. This picture has a visual sweep that many docu films lack; the plantations and nearby towns are vividly evoked.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    Like most documentary polemics, it simplifies the issues it confronts and selects facts that bolster its black-and-white, heroes-and-villains view of raw economic power.
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  1. ChristaT.
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    This movie is an eye-opening example of things we take for granted that are destructing countries, cultures, families, and individuals around the world. There is really no reason not to see The Price of Sugar.… Expand
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