Black gold
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[San Francisco, CA.] : Act Now Productions ;, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
DVD 791.4375 Bla
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Published
[San Francisco, CA.] : Act Now Productions ;, [2007].
Language
English
UPC
782410091495

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General Note
"No. 14: January 2007" -- Container, insert, and disc label.
General Note
Originally produced in 2006.
General Note
Includes three bonus short films: Heroes from Working man's death ; Fair trade: the story ; Interview with Amartya Sen from Nobelity.
General Note
Bonus film: Heroes from Working man's death - Crawl alongside miners deep in the illegal coal mines of Ukraine to learn first hand what it's like to do some of the most dangerous jobs in the world / directed by Michael Glawogger (2006, 30 min.).
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Bonus film: Fair trade: the story - Highlights the TransFair USA in the ever-growing Fair Trade movement as they advocate for fair wages and better working conditions for farmers and their families in developing nations / directed by Aaron Straight and Ian Jay (2006, 8 min.).
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Bonus film: Interview with Amartya Sen from Nobelity - 1998 Nobel Prize winner for economics talks about the power of reason to solve our global problems of poverty and overpopulation in this short excerpt from the film "Nobelity" / directed by Turk Pipkin (2006, 8 min.).
Description
In an attempt to save 75,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy, Tadesse Meskela searches for buyers willing to pay a fair price - and inadvertently begins to unravel a tangled web of greed and double-dealing that infiltrates the international trading system.
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DVD; stereo.; 4:3 aspect ratio.