Creole Film Night: La Rue Cases Nègres/Sugar Cane Alley

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Location: Bond Hall 104 (View on map )

La Rue Cases Nègres / Sugar Cane Alley (1983) is set in Martinique in the 1930s, when Africans working the sugar cane fields were treated harshley by their white employers. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Zobel. Among the many awards the film received was the  International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual (OCIC) award.