Release Date

07 Oct, 2025

Runtime

01:32: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

How sugar was built on a global system of slavery

Sugar is sweet, seductive, addictive - but built on human suffering. This feature-length reveals how an enticing luxury became the engine of a global system powered by slavery, exploitation and environmental destruction, a legacy still shaping the world today. From the 19th-century slave plantations to modern refineries in the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Reunion, India, South Africa and Europe, the series traces how sugar fuelled colonial empires, drove some of the worst aspects of international trade and commerce, and left deep social and ecological scars that are still present in labour abuses and exhausted landscapes today.

Original Title

Blood, Sweat and Sugar

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Actors

Crew

Mathilde Damoisel

Barbara Bascou

Anis Benhallak

Ed Kashi

Ed Kashi

César Monnet

Thomas Fage

Stéphane Laplatte

Olivier Cohen

Philippe Charriot

Frédéric Régent

Karina Si Ahmed

Valérie Delpierre

BRUNO CABRAL