View Item - FR-R008-1985

Language:
French
Category:
Drama
Duration:
107 min
Catalog Num:
FR-R008-1985
Title:
La Rue Cases Nègres / Sugar Cane Alley
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
Romance Languages

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

"On a lush sugar cane plantation in Martinique lies a dirt road called ""Sugar Cane Alley"" or ""La Rue cases négres,"" lined with the shacks of the poor black families who work in the cane fields. In one of these live Jose, a bright, mischievous 11-year-old orphan, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save Jose from the hard life of the plantation. When Jose wins a partial scholarship at a school in the city, she is ready to sacrifice everything for his chance at an education and an escape from the fields. This award-winning film is an honest, deeply moving human drama of a young boy who fights aganst the odds for his future." Notes: based on the novel by Joseph Zobel. Director: Euzhan Palcy. Color. Country: France / Martinique. Subtitled.

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