Black Gold Movie about coffee and Fair Trade in Ethiopia

So I while attending a coffee tasting by the Midwest Coffee Company I was pleasantly surprised to learn about where my coffee actually comes from and it inspired me to do some research to try and learn the effect of my purchasing decision on the lives of the people who actually farm my coffee. We here in Indiana are pretty supportive of farmers and well farming is just in our culture. The values and hard work ethics are something that most of us here in Indiana can identify with which is why it was very interesting to learn of the farmers in Ethiopia and their struggles and how my coffee purchasing decisions effect them.

My research lead me to a movie Black Gold. According to IMDB Black Gold was nominated for the British Independent film award and won and was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival as well.

British Independent Film Awards 2007 Won British Independent Film Award Best Achievement in Production Nominated British Independent Film Award Best British Documentary Douglas Hickox Award Nick Francis Mark Francis

Sundance Film Festival 2006 Nominated Grand Jury Prize World Cinema - Documentary Marc Francis Nick Francis

Now I did want to do some more research and try and verify some of the statements on this film and really try to get at the story behind this movie from different angles and maybe even get some perspectives from the producers themselves. On that note the forums at Black Black gold are full of good discussion. Here is a good one from the Starbucks section of their forum.

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