"Black Gold" Nick and Marc Francis, 2005 February 9, 2007

Black Gold
(Nick and Marc Francis, 2005)

Thu, Feb 8 - Fri, Feb 9, 2007 | 7:00PM
Film/Video Theater

"Black Gold explains exactly what's gone wrong and how to fix it."--The Onion A.V. Club

This eye-opening film explores the global business of coffee, from the hand-picked bean to the $3 cup.

Cosponsored by ONE Campaign Columbus.

Acclaimed in festivals around the world, the film adroitly investigates the extensive coffee industry, an $80 billion enterprise that's made the product the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. The focus is on Tadesse Meskela, an Ethiopian on a one-man mission to get a fair price for the thousands of struggling coffee farmers supplying the developed world with our lattes and cappuccinos. Black Gold connects the dots of our global economy, putting a human face on a systemic injustice largely ignored by the caffeinated consumer. (video, 78 mins.)

Please stay after the film to sample free-trade coffee from Global Gallery and learn more about local efforts to bring awareness to this issue.

Official Website: http://www.wexarts.org/fv/index.php?eventid=1961&page=2