Blood Sugar Rising (2020)
Blood Sugar Rising follows the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the US, costing more than $325 billion each year. Blood Sugar Rising puts human faces to these statistics, exploring the history and science of the illness through portraits of Americans whose stories shape the film.
Director: David Alvarado
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S. Epatha Merkerson as Narrator (voice) |
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Gretchen Carvajal as |
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Kelly Close as |
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Ed Damiano as |
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Laura Grueser as |
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Anthony Hatch as |
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James Holt, Jr. as |
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Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan as |
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Monteil Lee as |
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Dean Schillinger as |
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Nicole Smith-Holt as |
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Tracey Tirado-Vasquez as |
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Karen Washington as |
| Directing | David Alvarado | Director |
| Writing | David Alvarado | Writer |
| Production | Jason Sussberg | Producer |
| Production | Nikki Dodd | Producer |
| Production | Pamela Gaudiano | Producer |