EL SUSTO (THE SHOCK) New York Premiere
Director: Karen Akins
Country: Mexico/US, Running Time: 76 min
Mexico’s Number One Killer is not cartels. It’s Type 2 Diabetes. How courageous public health activists in Mexico stirred a giant, the powerful beverage industry (aka “Big Soda”) when they took action to curb sugary drink consumption, with sobering and inspiring lessons for the rest of the world.
