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    Big Sugar

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    2005     Documentary    
    Canada
    1h 30min

    This two-part series received four Golden Sheaf Awards at the 2006 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival.

    Big Sugar exposes the sugar empire in all its power, from its establishment in the era of slavery to the undeniable influence it still has today. During its long and dark history, marked by corruption and propaganda, this industry managed to keep under its yoke things as fundamental as the nutrition and health of an entire people, creating in passing a worldwide obesity crisis and a new form of slavery our addiction to foods containing sugar.

    Directed byBrian McKenna
    Written byBrian McKenna

    Featuring

    Dominic Desjardins
    Mark Ellam
    Brian McKenna
    Hugh John Murray

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