Screening

About Black Gold

Year Released:

2006

Genres:

Documentary

Metadata:

Directed by Nick, Marc Francis

As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man’s fight for a fair price.

The screening is free, but ticketed, and sponsored by Enactus, Fair Trade Bloomington, Themester, Department of Anthropology, Department of Labor Studies, IU Office of Sustainability, Bloomingfoods, Enactus, Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design and IU Cinema. (Digital presentation)

For more information, you can visit the film's official website here.