Sugar Coated

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Sugar Coated
Film poster
Directed byMichèle Hozer
Written byRoxana Spicer
Produced byJanice Dawe
Edited byMichèle Hozer
Music byRussell Walker
Production
company
The Cutting Factory
Distributed byTVOntario
Release date
  • April 25, 2015 (2015-04-25) (Hot Docs)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sugar Coated is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Michèle Hozer and released in 2015.[1] The film explores the impact on human health of the heavy use of sugar in the contemporary diet.[2]

The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2015,[3] and was screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival before screening on TVOntario and at selected other documentary film festivals.[4]

The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sugar Coated is not all sweetness and light; Documentary blames sugar industry for many of our health problems". Montreal Gazette, August 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Truth about sugar anything but sweet". Winnipeg Free Press, May 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Hot Docs 2015: Reshaping Reality". Point of View, April 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "'Sugar Coated' documentary explores health dangers of sweets". Canadian Press, April 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "First winners at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute, March 9, 2016.

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