Through this entertaining and informative journey, damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. One mans journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Sugar is the real enemy, not fat itself, says film. The film was directed by rotimi rainwater, written by tony aloupis and rotimi rainwater, and stars shenae grimes, marshall allman, corbin bleu, and austin williams. The film focuses on the causes of obesity in the us, presenting evidence showing that the large quantities of sugar in processed foods are an overlooked root of the problem, and points to the monied lobbying power of big sugar in blocking attempts to enact policies to address the issue.
Im not sure whether the filmmakers knew that their slomo shots of sugar in heaping teaspoons is actually kind of mouthwatering. That sugar film 2014 plot summary 3 damon gameau embarks on an experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body. Sugar official trailer 2014 shenae grimes, corbin bleu. Parents need to know that that sugar film is a quirky, energetic documentary that follows australian tv star damon gameau through a 60day lifestyle experiment that reveals potentially shocking truths about foods often perceived as healthy by society. Sugar isnt torn with conflict, as movie ads like to say, but weighed with worry. Sugar is one smart, beautiful movie, and from where i stand, it is an instant classic with the guts and integrity to remain focused on a winning story about a flowering americanimmigrant soul. Acting by all main characters excellent, has humor, suspense and thrills. As cinema, the movie is profoundly uninspired and commonplace, albeit wellmade, or even slick. Damon gameau is an australian television and film actor who is the director of, and lead role in, that sugar film. In fact, refined sugar is linked to many preventable illnesses from childhood dental problems to diabetes, liver problems, stroke, heart attack, impaired brain function and obesity. See the full list of sugar blues cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Damon gameau embarks on an experiment to document the effects of a high sugar. Fed up is a 2014 american documentary film directed, written and produced by stephanie soechtig.
That sugar film is a 2014 australian documentary directed by and starring damon gameau. Sugar is the real enemy, not fat itself, says film targeting obesity. With alice ripley, robert clohessy, kathryn danielle, sheila earley. The film looks at hidden sugar in foods and the effect it can have on.
A dominican teenager, miguel sugar santos, travels to the midwest to play for the swing of the quad cities after seeing the movie field of dreams. A college student with mounting debt is introduced to the world of sugar daddies, a group of older men who trade favors for money. Bit of a giggle with the old mcguire sisters songs certain references to frank sinatra and the kennedys continues to makes us wonder about the mysterious passing of jfk. Damon gameau embarks on an experiment to document the. Senate secretly forms an allwomen rock band turning her entire world up side down. That sugar film what the oscarnominated documentary super size me was to the fastfood industry, that sugar film endeavors to be for businesses that are invested in refined sugar, a nearly unavoidable additive in the majority of processed edibles on grocery shelves. The movie tells the story of cliff played by actor andre noble, a very sheltered, highly insecure and adventurehungry teenager growing up in 1980 toronto. Its plot follows a young gay man who falls in love with street hustler in 1980s toronto. With damon gameau, hugh jackman, milla bakaitis, richard davies. That sugar film is one mans journey to discover our food supplys sweet hidden. Follow the movie on facebook and twitter plot summary filmmaker damon gameau documents the effects of eating supposedly healthy foods that contain high amounts of sugar.
Damon gameau, and featuring guest cameos from the likes of stephen fry, isabel lucas and brenton thwaites, interviews with. Obesity is a disease that is spreading rapidly throughout the world, in both rich and poor countries. Sprinkled with starry cameos including hugh jackman, stephen fry and brenton thwaites, that sugar film is a passion project for actorturneddirector. Thanks to a strong performance from jake gyllenhaal and smart direction from denis villeneuve, enemy hits the mark as a tense, uncommonly adventurous thriller. Sugar, the movie, and homeless youth in america 0723 2014 06. Ask your students to internalize why eating an apple, and the sugar that goes along with it, is much healthier than drinking apple juice that contains the sugar of 4 apples. The film follows gameaus experiment on himself, changing from his normal diet containing no refined sugar, to a healthconscious diet low in fat but high in sugar, equivalent to 200 grams 40 tsp of sugar per day. Film 2014, damon gameau, stephen fry, damon gameau, hugh jackman, richard davies, that sugar film 2014, that sugar film 2014.
This tawdry drama is based on the allegedly truelife love affair between notorious mafioso sam giancana and chanteuse phyllis mcguire. That sugar film movie guide questions worksheet 2014. 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. She is finding it very hard to find the time to do all that she needs to and to complicate things even further she is offered an internship. There are lots of beloved books getting the bigscreen treatment in 2014 like mockingjay and the imitation game, which come out next week. Sugar blues 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. That sugar film 2014 clip taken from movie demonstrating that not all calories are equal by sisel international distributor. Based in part on a series of successful short stories by bruce labruce, sugar was a critical success for its stars. The information is arguably compelling, and disturbing, but something about the whole delivery mode turned me off.
That sugar film movie guide questions worksheet nr 2014 helps students analyze this incredible, eyeopening documentary. This film argues that sugar is at the root of a global health crisis. Dear crew, thoroughly enjoyed sugar time, saw it years ago and liked it from the start. That sugar film 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. This is perhaps the most realistic baseball movie ive ever seen, and i have spoken with a yankees scout from mexico who agrees that what happens in sugar. Check out out our new trailer for madmans that sugar film. That sugar film 2014 damon gameau embarks on an experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body.
The film is based on the experiences rainwater had when he himself lived on the streets. Sugar daddies 2014 tvpg 1h 30min drama, thriller 29 january 2017 spain for a group of collegeaged girls who hang out with creepy businessmen old enough to be their fathers, its all fun and games until one girl ends up dead, leaving her shocked friend to solve the mystery. The film looks at hidden sugar in foods and the effect it can have on the human body. Damon gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar.
That sugar film is one mans journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Sugar is a 2004 independent canadian romantic drama film cowritten and directed by john palmer, and starring andre noble, brendan fehr, marnie mcphail, maury chaykin, and sarah polley. Damon gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy. That sugar film watch online full movie documentary mania. The films eccentric styletone and gameaus lighthearted mannerisms will keep tweens and older engaged, while its informative facts about. That sugar film is a 2014 australian documentary starring and directed by damon gameau.
He finds himself boarding in the friendly iowa farm home of helen and earl higgins ann whitney and richard bull, who have taken in a generation of new players for the local farm club. Gameau also appeared in the australian series love my way, the 2002 australian film the tracker, and in a small role in the us series how i met your mother. College student kara is a bright girl from a middle income family pursuing a prelaw degree and working part time as a waitress to afford. Sugar is an american film released on november 8, 20 in conjunction with homeless youth awareness month. Nigerian movies latest nigerian movies 2020 1,818,467 views 1. That sugar film movie guide questions worksheet nr. She is pursuing a law degree and working part time as a waitress. An earlier version referred simply to diabetes, rather than make the. In the vein of supersize me, damon gameau becomes a human guineapig when he puts himself through a. The sins of sugar fed up is structured around interviews with obese adolescents and their families. Ultimately, sugar s optimism gives way to disillusion, and the flick makes its way to the finish on that note. Sugar, the movie, and homeless youth in america huffpost.
1316 925 903 1467 186 91 629 705 254 1219 995 859 1226 1147 573 1020 235 578 1052 1602 1196 909 520 269 440 594 798 1038 698 1207 943 63 250 533 283 841 805 918 1186 213 1472 534 522 396 806 721 630 1458 184