Marie Michael Library
Title
Starving for Sugar
Length
58:30 min.
File No
314
Format
DVD
Description
From the Philippines to the Caribbean, sugarcane workers are the pawns in a game of world economic and political power. the introduction of sweetener derived from corn, along with protective market policies in the US & Europe, has crippled the sugar industry in the Third World, depriving millions of their source of livelihood. This tells the human story of the man-made crisis.