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- BFI identifier392646
- Date1992-07-22 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA black woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. She goes missing and her parents set off in search of her trying to piece together her story. (Synopsis) A television drama which portrays a British volunteer's experience of grassroots development work in a politically volatile country. Set in the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean country where sugar cane is cut by immigrant workers from Haiti in slave-like conditions and abject poverty, the British-born protagonist is seeking her 'roots' in the Caribbean. Her dangerous involvement with the Dominican-Haitian struggle unveils a complex web of personal, political and cultural relationships. (Synopsis)
- CreditsDirector: Simon Cellan Jones
Production Company: BBC TV
Production Company: International Broadcasting Trust
view all - CastJosette Simon (Vivienne Johnson)
Sue Johnston (Miriam Johnson)
Yul Vázquez (Luis Salinas)
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Title
Bitter Harvest (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
- Articles
- Screenplay
Series Work - 777647
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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Work - 392646 - 1992-07-22 (Television)
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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