The O'odham Indian reservations of southern Arizona are marked with the dubious distinction of perhaps the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world. Exploring a re-conceptualization of... See full summary
Unnatural Causes Bad Sugar (2008– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Bad Sugar
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Documentary
- Year :
- 2008–
- Directror :
- James M. Fortier
- Cast :
- Margaret Acosta,Peter Bennett,Calvin Coolidge
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 27min
- Rating :
- 6.2/10
The O'odham Indian reservations of southern Arizona are marked with the dubious distinction of perhaps the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world. Exploring a re-conceptualization of chronic disease as the body's response to "futurelessness" a condition arising from decades of oppression and historical trauma we look at the prospects for a new approach that places a community taking control of its own destiny as fundamental to regaining health.
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Margaret Acosta | - | Herself - Tohono O'odham Elder |
| Peter Bennett | - | Himself - Scientist Emeritus, National Institutes of Health |
 | Calvin Coolidge | - | Himself - President (archive footage) |
| Terrol Dew Johnson | - | Himself - Artist / Activist |
| Rod Lewis | - | Himself - Former General Counsel, Gila River Indian Community |
| Daniel Lopez | - | Himself - Tohono O'odham Elder |
| Henrietta Lopez | - | Herself - Public Involvement Specialist, Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project |
| Richard P. Narcia | - | Himself - Former Governor, Gila River Indian Community (archive footage) |
| Llewellyn M. Smith | - | Himself - Narrator |
| Bobby Stone | - | Himself - General Manager, Gila River Farms |
| S. Leonard Syme | - | Himself - Epidemiologist, UC Berkeley |
| Donald Warne | - | Himself - President & CEO, American Indian Health Management & Policy |