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Un photographe en reportage en Jamaïque tombe en panne en plein ghetto, dans un secteur réputé violent. Forcé d'attendre, des jours et des jours, que son automobile soit réparée, il se replie sur lui-même, sous le choc. Puis, peu à peu, il ouvre les yeux, réapprend à écouter, accepte d'être ailleurs. Impossible pour lui maintenant de rapporter des photographies d'une jolie femme sur la plage. Elles ne diraient rien de la Jamaïque.

Hue, by renowned director and cinematographer Vic Sarin, is a personal, heartfelt investigation into the history and often-tragic effects of colourism-the phenomenon whereby people within the same ethnic group discriminate against each other based on differences in skin tone. Sarin travels to countries in Asia, South America, the Caribbean, South Asia and Africa to discuss this complex cross-cultural social issue with individuals whose lives it affects, including a Filipina entrepreneur whose business has flourished within the billion-dollar skin-whitening industry. Hue leads viewers on a thoughtful and surprising journey to the heart of an insidious social issue that is anything but black and white.

A shocking look at the living and working conditions of Haitian agricultural labourers in the Dominican Republic. Each year, some 20 000 workers cross the border to cut sugar cane, lured by promises of good money. Instead, they toil up to fourteen hours per day and live in unhealthy, cramped camps without running water, electricity, medical or educational facilities.