# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: With U of T Community Engaged Learning Program (New College) the Centre for Caribbean Studies, and the Caribbean Solidarity Network.About this EventSugar Island immerses us in the Dominican Republic’s sugarcane fields, where Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager, navigates an unexpected pregnancy and the harsh labor that defines her world.The screening will be followed by a discussion focussing on the history of the island nation’s sugar plantations, the evolution from slave labour to the Batey system, and current labour organizing within this exploitative sector. It will also delve into the director’s artistic approach.This venue is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral, wheelchair accessible washrooms. For requests, please email programming@mayworks.caMayworks Festival is a community-based festival which annually presents new works by a diverse and broad range of artists, who are both workers and activists. The programming presents bold, insightful, responses to pressing issues at the intersection of art, social justice and labour. .The Caribbean Solidarity Network (CSN) is an organization committed to the principles of Caribbean Liberation and Unity across the region as well as throughout the Diaspora. CSN’s platform is one rooted in a feminist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonial struggle. The history of the Caribbean peoples has always been one of freedom and self-determination. CSN offers space for the Caribbean community and invested allies to foment ideas and build collective knowledge and understanding about present and local circumstances. Learn More.The University of Toronto New College's Community Engaged Learning is a placement-based program for students to work in social service or community sector.Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary program engaging Caribbean history and society, politics and economic development, literature and thought.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPWtdgE7Fbw
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/mayworks-festival-sugar-island-2024-screening-discussion/100001986266019132
- **Event Categories**: Art, Festivals, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto
- **lat**: 43.69115
- **long**: -79.43979829999999
- **full address**: First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 473 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion being held?
  - **A:** Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion takes place on Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 09:00 pm at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 473 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion?
  - **A:** Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion is organized by Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Toronto, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Mayworks Festival: Sugar Island (2024) Screening + Discussion sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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