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).
