 Black Gold
Black Gold is a 2006 documentary film. The story follows the efforts of an Ethiopian Coffee Union manager as he travels the world to obtain a better price for his workers' coffee beans.
The film is directed and produced by Marc Francis and Nick Francis from Speakit Films, and co-produced by Christopher Hird.
Premiering at Sundance in 2006, Black Gold became one of a few feature length documentaries that released theatrically in the US in 2006, and in the UK in 2007, winning critical acclaim in the international press.
The documentary was also selected in competition by numerous international film festivals and has secured major broadcast deals around the world including Channel 4 (UK), PBS/Independent Lens (US), Documentary Channel (Canada), NHK (Japan) and Al-jazeera (Middle East).
Black Gold has attracted wide coverage in the media including features on CNN, BBC World, BBC News 24, Sky News, The Observer, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, LA Times and the Washington Post. It has become the first feature documentary that has sent shockwaves through the global coffee industry, stirring up consumers into unprecedented action whilst spreading awareness about the issues of trade justice.
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