Resfest: Black Gold Screening + Panel

In an increasingly global economy, where the profit margins of huge multinational coffee companies continue to rise, prices paid for coffee harvests have reached an all-time low, forcing farmers in some of the world's poorest countries to abandon their once bountiful fields. Among the hardest hit by the devastating effects of this crisis is Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to bring a fair-trade market to the more than 70,000 struggling farmers whom he represents. As these hard-working people strive to keep the rich cultural heritage of their country intact by continuing to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans available, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find a fair price for the fruits of their labour.

This seemingly Sisyphean endeavour takes him on an international journey to some of the biggest coffee marketplaces in the world, where he discovers that there are no easy solutions for the trade issues facing his impoverished countrymen.

Black Gold is a moving and eye-opening look into the 80-billion-dollar global coffee industry, where the spoils of overpriced lattes and cappuccinos are sparsely shared with the farmers who make it all possible.

The directors will attend this exclusive Bristol premiere, and will then head up a fascinating RESFEST curated panel on new directions in distribution for socially driven films.

Fee: £8.00 full / £6.00 concessions

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Resfest

Wed 25 - Sun 29 Oct

Resfest: Black Gold Screening + Panel is part of Resfest

Watershed welcomes back RESFEST, the global, travelling festival of innovative film, music, art, design, fashion, culture and technology.

Also part of Resfest:

• Resfest: Inside Music Videos: Panel
• Resfest: Radiohead, the Visionaries: A Decade of Breaking New Talent Wed 25 - Fri 27 Oct
• Resfest: Unsung Heroes: Gems from the Archive Thu 26 & Fri 27 Oct
• A Decade of RESFEST: Ten Seminal Short Films Thu 26 & Fri 27 Oct
• Resfest: Rock the Bells plus Blacktronica After Party Thu 26 Oct
• Resfest: Blacktronica After Party Thu 26 Oct
• Resfest: Shorts Three: Fear and Trembling Thu 26 - Sun 29 Oct
• Resfest: Videos that Rock Fri 27 & Sat 28 Oct
• Resfest: The Host Fri 27 Oct
• Resfest: loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies Fri 27 & Sat 28 Oct
• Resfest: Cinema Electronica Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct
• Resfest: Coldcut: Sound Mirrors Videos & Remixes. DVD Preview Sat 28 Oct
• Resfest: Shorts One: State of the Art Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct
• Random Function Sat 28 Oct
• Resfest: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Sun 29 Oct
• Resfest: Everything Under The Sun: Filmmaking with A Purpose Sun 29 Oct

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