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SUGAR CANE ALLEY

Sugar Cane Alley is a movie about a young boy named Jose growing up in Martinique with his grandmother, Ma Tine. To me, this movie was very interesting, but also very informative in nature. As I watched the movie, I noticed many scenes that were symbolic and important, but not explained. Some issues in Sugar Cane Alley that I thought were important were the issues of: skin color, family values, respect, and community.

As I watched the film, I noticed that the color of one’s skin played an important role in Martinique. To be a black person in Martinique was hard and frustrating. In the movie it seemed that to be black was a sign of slave labor and a member of a low social class. Blacks in Martinique w

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