Bitter Cane

Category: Movies •

Genre: Documentary •

Rating: 9

Director: Jacques Arcelin,

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Language: ht

Country: Haiti

Release Date: January 1, 1983

Plot: Six years in the making and filmed clandestinely under the Duvalier dictatorship, Bitter Cane is a timeless documentary classic about the exploitation and foreign domination of the Haitian people. From peasant coffee farms in the rugged tropical mountains to steamy US-owned sweatshops in the teeming capital, the film takes the viewer on a journey through Haitian history to a deeper understanding of that country's political economy.