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Big Sugar.
Documentary by CBC
Big Sugar explores the dark history and 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
in the 18th century, while showing how present-day consumers are
slaves to a sugar-based diet.
Going undercover, Big Sugar witnesses the appalling working
conditions on plantations in the Dominican Republic, where
Haitian cane cutters live like slaves. Workers who live on
Central Romano, a Fanjul-owned plantation, go hungry while
working 12-hour days to earn $2 (US).
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