Big Sugar
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Big Sugar

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From its early days with ties to slavery to modern times with its detrimental effects on the Everglades & political ties, Big Sugar explores the dark history & modern power of the world's reigning sugar cartels. Using dramatic reenactments, it reveals how sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet.
IMDb 8,320052 épisodes7+
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  1. S. 1 ÉP. 1 - Part 1

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    19 avril 2005
    52 min
    7+
    In the first part of this series, we explore how sugar has shaped the world as we know it & continues today. In the past sugar barons in England influenced parliament to take Canada from the French vs other sugar-producing islands. Today's sugar barons pay their workers $2 a day for cutting at least a ton of sugarcane & keep them in borderline slavery conditions.
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  2. S. 1 ÉP. 2 - Part 2

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    19 avril 2005
    52 min
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    With the obesity epidemic sweeping the world, war is being declared on Big Sugar, though this is not the first time sugar has been put on the defensive. Being a key part of the triangular slave trade, abolitionists fought against the practice as far back as the 18th century.
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