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Arts & Entertainment

Movies with a Mission: “Black Gold”


Multi-national companies have made coffee the second most valuable trading commodity in the world.  But as westerners revel in designer lattes, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice.  Tracing one man’s fight for a fair price, Black Gold is an eye-opening exposé of the 80-billion dollar coffee industry.  (78 minutes)

 

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