Blood Sugar Rising

Overview

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.

Directed by David Alvarado

Top cast

S. Epatha Merkerson

Narrator (voice)

G

Gretchen Carvajal

K

Kelly Close

E

Ed Damiano

L

Laura Grueser

A

Anthony Hatch

J

James Holt, Jr.

V

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan

M

Monteil Lee

D

Dean Schillinger

N

Nicole Smith-Holt

T

Tracey Tirado-Vasquez

K

Karen Washington

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