Sweet sugar rage /

The Sistren Theatre Collective is an independent popular theatre company which has developed since 1977 from the initiative of working-class women in Jamaica. Using drama workshops and original plays the group works at advancing awareness on questions affecting women, particularly Caribbean women. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bell, Winston (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Newsreel (Firm), Sistren (Organization)
Other Authors:	Ford Smith, Honor (Producer, Director), Walcott, Harclyde (Producer, Director), Swaby, John (Cinematographer), St. Juste, Franklyn (Cinematographer), Dhunjibhoy, Roshan (Film editor), Beuthner, Reginald (Film editor), Young, Philip (Film editor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Third World Newsreel, [2008]
Subjects:	Women sugar workers > Jamaica. Sugar workers > Jamaica > Social conditions. Women > Jamaica > Social conditions. Popular culture > Jamaica. Theater and society > Jamaica. Folk drama, Jamaican. Sistren (Organization) Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films.

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Summary:	The Sistren Theatre Collective is an independent popular theatre company which has developed since 1977 from the initiative of working-class women in Jamaica. Using drama workshops and original plays the group works at advancing awareness on questions affecting women, particularly Caribbean women. In this film the group concerns itself with women sugar cane workers in and around "New Sugar Town," Clarendon, Jamaica. After interviewing the women in the fields, the group analyses its findings on conditions in the sugar belt and the scenario for a play emerges. 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.
Item Description:	"with special assistance of the community of 'New Sugar Town,' Clarendon, Jamaica."--opening credits Originally produced as a documentary film in 1985. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD ; NTSC, all region ; stereo.
Production Credits:	Research and production, Sistren Theatre Collective ; camera, John Swaby, Franklyn St. Juste ; editing, Roshan Dhunjibhoy, Reginald Beuthner, Philip Young ; songs composed by Winston Bell and the Sistren Theatre Collective.