Sugar Dumplin

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Sugar Dumplin

"How do you love someone you don't like?"

2025

0h 19m

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Attempting to forge a deeper connection with her estranged father, who is grappling with dementia, a young woman prepares foods that evoke memories of his Jamaican childhood.

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7 featured cast members

Starring

Chantel Riley

Ebony James

Oliver Samuels

Desmond James

Crystal C. Rose

Nuse

Nancy Kenny

Jennifer Dukes

Jacqueline Greer Graham

Karen Brown

Zien Barrocks

Young Ebony James

Tristan Barrocks

Young Desmond

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Directed by: Tristan Barrocks
Written by: Tristan Barrocks
Produced by: Natanya Barrocks

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