Black Gold to be Broadcast on PBS
PBS has announced they will air the independent film Black Gold about the $80 billion global coffee industry this Spring. Currently screening at select theaters, Black Gold has won awards at several independent film festivals. The film is known to be a controversial expose about the devastating effects of the global coffee industry upon agriculture in Africa.
The movie is set to air on various PBS stations on April 10, 2007 (check your local listings).
View the trailer at YouTube.com.
For those of you who are interested in the issue of Fair trade, there is a powerful documentary out called “Black Gold,” that documents the lives of Ethiopian coffee farmers and clearly demonstrates why all of us should be asking for Fair Trade coffee. The film was recently released in the theater but is now available to the public on DVD via California Newsreel. You can read more about the documentary or pick up a copy of it here at http://newsreel.org/