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DESCRIPTION:A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Film Series\n“Black Gold” —A story of coffee 
 and “free” trade\n\nBlack Gold traces the tangled trail from the two 
 billion cups of coffee consumed each day back to the coffee farmers who 
 produce the beans. It follows Tadesse Meskela—General Manager of the 
 Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union—as he tries to get a living wage 
 for the 70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers he represents. \n\nAfter oil, 
 coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world with $80 billion 
 dollars in retail sales. But farmers make as little as three cents for 
 every cup of coffee sold in the U.S. or Europe. Most of the rest of the 
 money goes to the four giant food conglomerates which control the coffee 
 market. \n\nIn Ethiopia, 15,000,000 people are dependent on the coffee 
 industry; 67% of its foreign trade is in coffee. Between 2001 and 2003, 
 when the price for coffee hit a 30 year low, farmers could no longer feed 
 themselves, famine spread and feeding stations had to be established 
 throughout the coffee region. \n\nBlack Gold explains how international 
 commodities markets are rigged against the nations of the global South. 
 Developed countries like the U.S. subsidize agricultural products, flooding 
 the market with low-priced goods, while demanding that poor countries 
 remove tariff barriers and open their markets. 2006, 77min.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/16/18499723.php
SUMMARY:Film "Black Gold'—A story of coffee and "free" trade
LOCATION:ATA, 992 Valencia St. at 21st, SF • $6 donatio
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/16/18499723.php
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