Black Gold

Black Gold
by Marc Francis and Nick Francis

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Actor: Tadesse Meskela
Director: Marc Francis and Nick Francis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Studio: Speak It Films in association with Fulcrum Productions

DVD Reviews of Black Gold

DVD Review: Did not recieve item, please send
Summary: 1 Stars

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DVD Review: enlightening!
Summary: 5 Stars

Viewing this documentary was utterly shocking-- and I could only commiserate on the anguish of these poor Ethiopian coffee farmers.
What really moved me was when they had a group meeting and decided to open up a school for their kids-- to be financed by their meager earnings.
Preachers of globalization, kindly take a look!

DVD Review: A Must See
Summary: 5 Stars

What is behind your cup of coffee? You are actually drinking sweat and tears of people in developing countries.

This Ethiopean story applies to vast majority of producing countries.

This is an alarming, eye-opening story for everyone. Two thumbs up and A Must See!!!!

DVD Review: From the coffee fields to Starbucks, via the WTO
Summary: 4 Stars

To me the beauty of this film is that it uncovers an entire commodity chain from end to end. You may be astounded at how little you know about coffee and how it gets to your cup. Were you aware, for instance, that "hand-picked" means not that the beans were removed from the coffee bush by hand (though they may well have been), but that they were laboriously finger-sorted, one at a time, by people halfway around the world? The film provides glimpses of the various actors involved in this commodity chain, from the farmers to the buyers to the sorters to the importers to the baristas. It even shows participants in a global conference on commodity trading. In doing so it may raise certain questions for you. Why do the Ethiopian farmers, who work so incredibly hard, have almost nothing to show for their labors? How do a few people manage to get so rich from this business? Is there a better way to trade in goods around the world?

My only complaint about this DVD is the annoying message that pops up on screen every 20 minutes warning that the disc is for private home use only, and is not to be shown for commercial or classroom purposes. I've never seen this on any other DVD. So if you are thinking about buying this DVD from Amazon to show in a class, be warned! Instead you will probably have to pay through the nose to get it from California Newsreel, the dirty dogs....

DVD Review: THE TRUTH
Summary: 5 Stars

The truth about coffee. In college, I was lucky enough to have some ethical coffee roasters a short walk or bike ride from my house. When I moved away, I was stuck to chose from local coffee houses whose coffee just wasn't that good, so I turned to starbucks, for a rich bold coffee, and I bought in to Starbucks' lies about all of their coffee being fair trade, just not certified, and all of their claims at social responsibility. I was excusing my patronage. This documentary shows you THE TRUTH about coffee. Where it comes from, how its purchased, and what life is like for the coffee growers who are responsible for the beans you use in you daily coffee if you lke coffee (or in your mocha chip frappuccino with whipped cream and extra caramel sauce on top if you dont like coffee).

Description of Black Gold

Film is for HOME USE ONLY! Copies for public screenings or use in the classroom can be purchased from California Newsreel at www(dot)newsreel(dot)org
After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world. But for every $2 cup of coffee, a farmer receives only a few pennies. Black Gold asks us to face the unjust conditions under which our favorite drink is produced and to decide what we can do about it. The film traces the tangled trail from the two billion cups of coffee consumed each day back to the coffee farmers who produce the beans. Founder of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, Tadesse Meskela is fighting to help his 70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers by seeking out buyers willing to pay a fair price. Through his journey, Tadesse begins to expose the web of greed and corruption inherent to the international trading system, including the World Trade Organization. Black Gold reminds viewers of their power to affect positive social change by way of their consumer vote. After seeing this film your coffee will never taste the same.
Film contains overprinting warning against public use in 3 points during the film, at 5 second intervals.

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