Dark Side of Chocolate, The

Synopsis

Children eat chocolate every day of the year. They enjoy the delicious taste of cocoa, which originated in Africa. But behind the production of their delicious treats, there is another taste altogether: the taste of child abusers and child slavery. This programme brings the chocolate makers to book, and confronts them with visual evidence. It reveals the conditions under which the apparently innocuous chocolate bar is produced, and thereafter follows the cocoa beans’ route from the plantation to the chocolate bar in Germany. In the process, those responsible are held accountable. The Dark Side of Chocolate is an investigative documentary that reveals for the first time on film the hideous truth behind the manufacturing of German and international chocolate. (46 minutes)

Language

English

Country

Denmark

Year of release

2011

Year of production

2010

Subjects

Agriculture; Business studies; Economics

Keywords

child labour; chocolate manufacture; food production and distribution; multinational corporations

Online availability

URI

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/4809/The-Dark-Side-of-Chocolate

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Director

Miki Mistrati; Roberto Romano

Producer

Helle Faber

Distributor

Name

Culture Unplugged

Email

contact@cultureunplugged.com

Web

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