The price of sugar /

This documentary profiles the courageous Father Christopher Hartley, a Spanish priest who travels to the Dominican Republic to stop a modern-day slavery operation. Thousands of Haitian men are forced to work in inhumane conditions to harvest sugar cane for the wealthy.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Uncommon Productions
Other Authors:	Haney, William M., Rhodes, Peter, Grunebaum, Eric, Hartley, Christopher (Writer on historic sites), Newman, Paul, 1925-2008
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Spanish English
Language Notes:	Dialogue in Spanish and English; narration in English; subtitles in English.
Subjects:	Hartley, Christopher > (Writer on historic sites) Sugar workers > Dominican Republic. Sugarcane industry > Dominican Republic. Foreign workers, Haitian > Dominican Republic. Forced labor > Dominican Republic. Slavery > Dominican Republic. Sugarcane > Dominican Republic. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.

Description
Summary:	This documentary profiles the courageous Father Christopher Hartley, a Spanish priest who travels to the Dominican Republic to stop a modern-day slavery operation. Thousands of Haitian men are forced to work in inhumane conditions to harvest sugar cane for the wealthy.
Item Description:	Release date September 26, 2007; Originally produced in 2006. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Awards:	Audience Award SXSW Film Festival, 2007.
Production Credits:	Principal cinematographers, Eric Cochran, Jerry Risius ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; original music, Claudio Ragazzi.