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Black Gold [2007]
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Needless suffering
Review date: 2008-10-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
Just seen Black Gold.I am disgusted with the way the world is run.Why,why can we pay the people who make a good produce what they worth?This documentary show how we get it wrong and if we help the less better off they can help us.Watch it and make your mind.
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Reviews
Not as good as hoped
Review date: 2008-08-31 Rating: 6 out of 10
I couldn't wait to see this film given the various internet reviews, but was disappointed. It's certainly an issue which needs addressed and it's plain wrong that things are as they are. BUT it's still not a great movie, I'm glad I rented rather than bought it.
Ethiopian tragedy
Review date: 2008-08-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is an interesting doccumentary about the great tragedy of the Ethiopain coffee farmers in their poor communties trying to make a living and send their children to school and being screwed over by the big coffee coorporations.
It makes a rather sad viweing to know the utter pittance they are being paid and the billions the big companies make out of their product.
The main figure is a broker who tries to secure the farmers the best possible proce for their product and struggles against a system full of subsidised rich farmers.
One possible solution will be a massive switch to faretrade coffee.
The film is slighty long.
A brilliant blend
Review date: 2008-05-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
It's like a Michael Moore film - without Michael Moore.
Whilst the film carries a very serious issue it's also very funny (I assume intentionally) in places which help's to lighten it up some.
I highly recommend Black Gold to anyone, coffee drinker or not. But be warned it will alter the way you buy your beverages!
measured but powerful documentary
Review date: 2007-06-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
Black Gold contrasts the life of coffee-growers in Ethiopia with that of wealthy Westerners drinking high-quality Ethiopian coffee in London, Trieste and the States. Its power is cumulative - it doesn't rub your face in the contrasts. But when you see farmers who cannot afford to send children to school or even to feed them adequately, its difficult to resist the film's argument that this is not fair. You see what the Ethiopians are trying to do to make 'trade not aid' a reality. I'm buying Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Harar coffee now though I guess the picture is little better in many other coffee-growing countries. Maybe I just need to avoid all unFair Trade coffees!
Product Details/Specifications
Director(s):
Recording label: Dogwoof Pictures
Manufacturer: Dogwoof Pictures
EAN: 5050968000036
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-22
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 74 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)