Black Gold

Synopsis: An investigation into the global coffee trade, illustrating how poor farmers in Third World countries are being left penniless as their richer First World counterparts continue to pay them far less than they should. Without being strident, the film presents a highly persuasive case that in this day and age, to buy coffee (the second most actively traded ‘commodity’ in the world) that doesn’t remunerate the growers fairly, is frankly immoral. The film follows Tadesse Meskela, manager of the Oromia Coffee farmers Co-op in Ethiopia (the birthplace of coffee, and the producer of some of the highest quality beans in the world) as he tries to find new markets for his product.

DVD Extras: Directors’ Q & A (Al-Jazeera); Director’s Q & A (Channel 4); Live at Sundance: The Making of the soundtrack; Tadesse - The latest; A Message from Tadesse; Trailer
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2007
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Development studies; Economics; Geography
Keywords: agricultural economics; coffee; economic geography; food production and distribution; international trade; Third World; fair trade

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Notes: Dogwoof is an independent distributor specialising in quality films from around the world that raise awareness, trigger change, and get people involved. The main focus is socially conscious films including THE AGE OF STUPID, THE END OF THE LINE, BURMA VJ and BLACK GOLD. Sale on DVD. In Autumn 2011 Dogwoof launched Popup Cinema (http://popupcinema.net/) to allow non-theatric screenings of their just-released and classic titles.

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