Marie Michael Library

Title

Black Gold

Length

87 min.

File No

726

Format

DVD

Description

Though coffee is one of the most valuable trading commodities in the world, the price paid to coffee farmers is so low that many are forced to abandon their coffee fields. In Ethiopia, Tadesse Meskela is trying to save coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers struggle to harvest coffee beans, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price. During his quest for a long term solution, Tadesse encounters the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade.

St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn.

We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University.

Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l
We are all treaty people.

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