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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Pima and Tohono O'odham Indians of southern Arizona have arguably the highest diabetes rates in the world, half of all adults are afflicted. But a century ago, diabetes was virtually unknown here. Researchers have poked and prodded the Pima for decades in search of a biological, or more recently, genetic, explanation for their high rates of disease. Meanwhile, medical-only interventions have failed to stem the rising tide not just among Native...
Author
Language
English
Description
Boxing's legendary story-teller Bert Sugar narrates the entire story of "The Greatest." Witness Ali's colorful rhetoric and highlights of his biggest fights including "the Fight of the Century" with Joe Frazier; "the Rumble in the Jungle" where Ali beat George Foreman to regain the title, and "the Thrilla in Manila," the Ali/Frazier rematch and more of his epic battles and "pearls of wisdom."
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the most dominant food in the world. How has sugar infiltrated our diet and culture? What effect does it have on our minds and bodies? THAT SUGAR FILM is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights...
6) Sugar Slaves
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Australia's slave trade is an untold story. Few people know that the Australian sugar industry was founded on the sweat of men and women enticed or kidnapped from the islands of the South Pacific. Sugar Slaves is the story of that human traffic, euphemistically known as "blackbirding". Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 islanders were transported to the colony of Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Then,...
8) Sugar Daddy
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a struggling musician can’t afford her rent, she signs up for a mysterious website where rich older men pay to date younger women.
9) Sugar coated
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Sugar Coated examines the various public relations tactics that the food industry has employed over the years to beat back accelerating concerns about the toxicity of sugar. Its starting point is a secret PR campaign the industry devised in the 1970s to deflect attention away from developing health concerns about sugar. It then traces how in the years since the industry has honed its PR tactics to counter mounting scientific evidence about the dangers...
10) Big Sugar
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
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 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, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet.
11) Sugar Kisses
Publisher
One World Digital
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Nacho has a crush on Mayra, the daughter of the leader of a gang of thieves and street vendors, La Diabla. Nacho and Mayra discover love and the first steps into adulthood, despite Mayra’s mother.
12) Sugar Mountain
Author
Language
English
Description
Trying to escape a local thug (Jason Momoa), two brothers fake a disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness so they'll have a great survival story to sell, but the hoax turns out to be more real than they planned.
13) Mr. Sugar Daddy
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Swedish
Description
In the wake of a breakup, Hans decides to take the plunge and become a sugar daddy after spotting “toyboy” Andrej on the nightclub dance floor. Money can’t buy love, but it can buy pleasure, and Hans is desperate to regain any kind of control he can.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's commonly believed that large amounts of sugar lead to hyperactivity in children. But is that really the case? Debunk common misconceptions about the effects of sugar, food additives, and food allergies on children's behavior, and learn more about what may sometimes be the true culprit: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
16) Water and Sugar
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fariborz Kamkari’s documentary about the life and career of Carlo Di Palma is as much a portrait of the late cinematographer—known for his inventive work with such directors as Woody Allen, Michelangelo Antonioni and Elio Petri—as it is a journey through the last 70 years of world cinema. From Di Palma’s early credits under Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, and Roberto Rossellini, to his trailblazing work on Red Desert and Blow-Up, to his...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The diabetes epidemic is a post-World War II phenomenon. At the turn of the 20th century, type II diabetes was virtually unknown, now it is projected to affect half of the American population. A diagnosis of type II diabetes affects every aspect of a person’s life: their lifespan is shortened by at least 10 years; they are at risk for kidney disease, blindness, obesity, amputations and the severe negative consequences brought about by the current...
Author
Series
Black Snow volume 5
Language
English
Description
Turner concludes that Billy's death was an accident, but Cormack suspects foul play.
20) Sugar Sisters
Author
Language
English
Description
Follow three sisters enter the world of "sugar dating" in this provocative doc. Hannah, Amalia, and Caroline go on the search for a Sugar Daddy to help pay the bills and give them a glamorous lifestyle. But the opportunity isn't all glamour and glitz, as the family soon uncovers.
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