Agridulce is a poignant journey through the lives of four Dominican children who strive to master their musical heritage.

 

In the town of Cabarete, where bachata is a way of life, the young musicians come of age in a community where modern life is remaking tradition. Generations clash, migrants struggle to assimilate and children to understand sexuality in context of poverty and exploitation.  At the heart of their story is La Academia de Bachata, a music school that reclaims bachata from its marginalized past. Agridulce is a testament to the power of the arts to make sense of a world riddled with paradox.