Tää on tosi viihdyttävää ja ajatuksia herättävää katsottavaa eli Big Sugar. Sokerintuotanto kuitenkin iso syy siihen miksi Amerikka kolonialisoitiin ja sokerin tuotanto ja kauppa edelleen uudenlaista kolonialismia pyörittäviä voimia. Orjuutta, sokerin haittoja ja kapitalismia eli aika tiivistä ilmaisua jossa on taitavasti pudottu eri tasoja ja ajanjaksoja yhteen ilman että katsojan kapasiteetti ylikuormittuu informaatioähkyyn. Taino, tässä kuvaus:
"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)."
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/big-sugar/Jos haluaa nykytodellisuutta hahmottaa niin tämä on varsin oivaltava ja havainnollistava dokkari siitä miten tasa-arvon ajatus ja sosiaalinen liikkuvuus luo uudenlaista ahdistusta ihmisten sieluihin. Kaksi ja puoli tuntia eli ihan heti ei edes lopu.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/status-anxiety/Why doesn’t money (usually) buy happiness? Alain de Botton breaks new ground for most of us, offering reasons for something our grandparents may well have told us, as children.
It is rare, and pleasing, to see a substantial philosophical argument sustained as well as it is in this documentary. De Botton claims that we are more anxious about our own importance and achievements than our grandparents were. This is status anxiety.
Alain quotes philosophical writings, such as Democracy in America, a report by Alexis de Tocqueville on his visit to the USA in 1831. De Tocqueville noted that American equality, notable in those times, was accompanied by a climate of envy.
We jump to present-day USA, and see what, to de Botton, are some awful examples of The American Way. A Christian preaches get rich. A steelworker tells of his insecure life in an industry being closed down through others’ love of money.
Our protagonist points out the advantage of high status: those with high status will enjoy the care and attention of the world. Then joins this advantage with the illusion, or attempt at meritocracy in the USA, mentioning Jefferson’s notion of an aristocracy of talent.
