WiserEarth Suggestions

This Friday's movie is Black Gold, about the coffee trade.

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice

“Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies”

All films are shown at 

Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ
5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle

0.4 miles west of the I-5 NE 50th St. Exit - Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44
(Admission to all films is FREE of charge and open to the public, ...donations are kindly accepted)

ALL FILMS ARE AT 7-9:30PM, EVERY FRIDAY

..... social justice documentaries, and community discussion, ...every Friday Night! - FREE!

Film: "BLACK GOLD" (78 min, Marc Francis & Nick Francis, 2006) with HEATHER DAY from THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE (CAGJ)
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.  Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price. Nominated for several awards including the Sundance Grand Jury in 2006, it won the British Independent Film Award for best achievement in production in 2007.
Discussion following the film will be facilitated by Heather Day from the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ), www.seattleglobaljustice.org