Dreflix: Semisweet: Life in Chocolate

Semisweet: Life in Chocolate

If you think chocolate is just candy... think again.

Unfolding on three continents, this engaging documentary follows four groups of people whose lives are wrapped up in the complex world of chocolate.

2012

0h 58min

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Patrick Roger
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Milton S. Hershey
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