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Black Gold
Directed by
Nick Francis
,
Marc J. Francis
G
2006
88m
Documentary
7.1
84%
84%
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An in-depth look at the world of coffee and global trade.
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Where to Watch Black Gold
Kanopy
Free
Cast of Black Gold
Nick Francis
Director / Producer
Marc J. Francis
Director / Writer / Producer
Jen Kaczor
Producer
Black Gold Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
If that $2 cup of Starbucks didn't jolt you awake, this documentary by Marc and Nick Francis might do the trick.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Black Gold moves at an inexorable pace, painstakingly building a case until suddenly it looms very large and casts an even longer shadow.
Los Angeles CityBeat
Andy Klein
... there is an additional irony to the title: The raw beans are not themselves black, but the growers are.
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
The film's effectiveness is bolstered by juxtaposed scenes of fat and happy Americans and Europeans slurping up frozen chai lattes and clucking about how big Starbuck's is getting with scenes of children going into 'therapeutic feeding centers'.
Boxoffice Magazine
Richard Mowe
Black Gold raises issues in an engaging way without preaching or becoming a lesson in economics. At the end of it all you will certainly be looking for those Fair Trade stickers.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
... a by turns poetic and hard-hitting critique of the global coffee industry ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The lesson is clear: The system is broken and needs repair, and educating consumers is part of the solution.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
This is a documentary that gets a lot across while avoiding cliches and easy exploitation, even in famine-ravaged places where more horrific images must have abounded.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Guaranteed to make you think twice about what you're paying for what you're drinking.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Although some scenes register with strong impact, there also seems to be a lot of padding, and the overall narrative is ultimately too diffused and unfocused for the film to have the sociological impact it so obviously desires.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Black Gold is more an Al Gore-style message of hope than a total downer.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
A mesmerizing documentary illuminating the human element in one corner of modern global trade.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A dry but enlightening documentary.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Meskela's is a story worth tackling again -- but without the over-caffeinated approach.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Compared to a documentary like Darwin's Nightmare, which found disturbing visual analogues for the moral rot of global trade, Black Gold makes most of its points in words, not pictures.
Newsday
John Anderson
A beautifully made, provocative and very righteous documentary.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The documentary Black Gold tells an unresolved modern version of the age-old David and Goliath story.
Village Voice
Rob Nelson
No mere Western-guilt-inducing harangue, this highly informative documentary by British brothers Marc and Nick Francis is a model of patient storytelling.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A film to think about every time you order a Triple Grande Soy Latte.
Variety
Robert Koehler
As coffee drinkers know, not all beans are equal, but the meaning of inequality gets an entirely different spin in Marc and Nick Francis' handsome and astute doc, Black Gold.
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