Sugar Dumplin

Feb 11, 2025

0h 19m

★ 0.0

How do you love someone you don't like?

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mid-Career Productions

Sugar Dumplin Trailers

Cast

Ebony James

Chantel Riley

Desmond James

Oliver Samuels

Nuse

Crystal C. Rose

Jennifer Dukes

Nancy Kenny

Karen Brown

Jacqueline Greer Graham

Young Ebony James

Zien Barrocks

Young Desmond

Tristan Barrocks

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