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Sugar (2008)
120m; U.S.
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Cast; Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino and Andre Hollan
Synopsis: By 2008, more than 25 percent of major league baseball players were born in Latin America. At 19, Miguel “Sugar” Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He flies to Phoenix for tryouts and is sent to the Class A team “The Swing” in the fictional town of Bridgetown, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family. Thus begins his odyssey: leaving his mom and girlfriend; living in an alien culture; learning English; overcoming jitters; working hard; achieving early success; navigating friendships, occasional racism, and a woman’s mixed signals; dealing with an injury; trying performance-enhancing drugs; and, searching for his place in the world. Will he make it to the Majors; will he play in New York?
Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
103m; France
Director: Euzhan Palcy
Cast: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus and Douta Seck
Synopsis (IMDB): Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and succeeds in an exam allowing him to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, the tuition is very costly. José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France to make José’s studies easier.
Suicide Jumpers (2007)
13m; Lebanon
Director: Herbert Docena
Synopsis: Exploitation of domestic workers in Lebanon during 2006 Israeli assaults
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
90m; U.S.
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake and Robert Warwick
Synopsis (IMDB): Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much to the chagrin of his producers, he sets off in tramp’s clothing with a single dime in his pocket to experience poverty first-hand, and gets some reality shock.
The Sun Seekers (2009)
13m; U.S.
Director: Jason Bradbury
Synopsis (IMDB): In a world with no sun, two strangers, Cira and Sol, race against time to ensure the restoration of daylight. As their journey progresses, they realise they must learn to trust each other if they are to complete their task.
The Sundowners (1960)
133m; Australia
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Peter Ustinov
Synopsis (IMDB): In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family–Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean–are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.
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