Big Sugar
Season 1 Episode 1 - Part 1
In the first part of this series, we explore how sugar has shaped the world as we know it, and 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 and keep them in borderline slavery conditions.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Dominic DesjardinsMarcel JeanninQuincy ArmoreDanielle DesormeauxMartin NeufeldBrian McKenna
Directed by:Brian McKenna
Season 1
S01:E01 - Part 1
In the first part of this series, we explore how sugar has shaped the world as we know it, and 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 and keep them in borderline slavery conditions.
S01:E02 - Part 2
Part two of "Big Sugar" explores 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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