BLACK GOLD

Year: 2006
USA: California Newsreel
UK: Dogwoof Pictures
Cast: Tadesse Meskela
Directors: Marc Francis, Nick Francis
Country: USA
USA & UK: 78 mins
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or harm
USA Release Date: 6 October 2006 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 8 June 2007 (Limited Release)

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Synopsis

Coffee is surpassed only by oil as the most actively traded commodity in the world. But for every $3 cup of coffee, a farmer receives only 3 cents. Tracing the path of your morning cup to the farmers who produce the beans, the new documentary BLACK GOLD asks us each to "wake up and smell the coffee."

BLACK GOLD provides the most in-depth study of any commodity on film today and offers a compelling introduction to the "fair trade" movement galvanizing consumers around the globe.