What are some good documentaries with activities that I can show at events on campus?
I am seeking suggestions on Fair Trade documentaries which might highlight activities to support building and supporting a campaign on college and university campuses. Thanks in advance for your insights,. TIm
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The Dark Side of Chocolate is a documentary on the negative side of
harvesting cacao in Africa
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Casey Gallagher
Class of 2015
Vice President, Siena Students for Fair Trade
Global Exchange sells “The Dark Side of Chocolate” of chocolate for $6 and they have a great screening toolkit that you can download. Here’s their website:
http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/cocoa/darkside
Try the Price of Sugar, Black Gold, the Dark Side of Chocolate, and Shady
Chocolate. In Teaneck, we are making a new film which should be available
next summer. Good luck.
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Hi Timothy,
Some of my favorite places to look at for documentaries are through Equal
Exchange on YouTube. There you can find short videos to full length videos
on certain fair trade organizations and their internal functions to how to
make tasty foods out of the products they offer. Online, at their retail
website, you can also order posters, stickers, and brochures to pass out at
your event. All of these items can be ordered at no charge and are a great
help. I hope these will be some good resources for you and wish you the
best of luck!
Sincerely,
Melissa Haas-Jones
DCCC Fair Trade Activist
We have shown Dark Side of Chocolate which is a great and very powerful
film about the issue of human trafficking on cocoa plantations.
Hi, Timothy,
The “Connected by Coffee” documentary is a great one – it highlights small
coffee farmers and does a good job explaining the fair trade model. Very
inspiring.
You can order a copy here: http://connectedbycoffee.com/
Best,
Renee
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Hi Tim,
I think there is a new fair trade film about coffee that I haven’t seen.
I’ve screened “Black Gold” a couple times for students and it goes over
pretty well. I’m unaware of any films looking at fair trade from a social
movement perspective within the united states. Good luck and let me know
if I can help further.
best,
Keith
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Department of Sociology
Saint Joseph’s University
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Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
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Buying Into Fair Trade
http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=10807#.UMtiFaxdCSo
The Price of Suga r is
powerful. This may be as well
Dr. Shannon O’Neill, Ph.D.
Director, Sr Thea Bowman Center for Women
Siena College
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The Dark Side of Chocolate
The Price of Sugar
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Thanks everyone for your responses. It is greatly appreciated. Wow, what a great resource! We are Fair Trade! Tim
I was wondering if you had the list from FT Campaigns of Fair Trade films – it’s pretty extensive. It’s on the FT Campaigns site under resources and then Fair Trade films but the link is: https://fairtradecampaigns.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fair-Trade-Film-List.pdf
Two films from Stone Hut Studios of Traverse City, MI should be on the top of the list because they current, factual, and appropriate for an academic setting…they are Connected by Coffee and The People and the Olive.