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Grande larceny: the two sides of the coffee industry

As the Black Gold filmmakers arrive in London to screen their documentary exposing the inequities of the global coffee market, they are caught up in a new phase of the fiercely contested debate about...

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Hay festival: wake up and film the coffee

The incredible response to Black Gold is a good reminder of why film has a unique power to create global awareness.Sorting the beans in Black GoldSince Black Gold screened at the London Film Festival,...

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Why we made Black Gold

The directors of a feature-documentary about the coffee trade explain why they became involved and what they hope to achieveCoffee pickers in EthiopiaThere will probably be people reading this while...

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China's meeting with Africa | Nick Francis and Marc Francis

Few countries capture the essence of the China-Africa relationship better than Zambia. Our film tells the story of the two countries in microcosmIn 2005, during the making of our film Black Gold, we...

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Madam President: meeting Malawi's Joyce Banda – video

Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Joyce Banda, Malawi's first female president, as she visits supporters in the south of the country, flies to Brussels to meet key donors, and enjoys a cup of tea...

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Joyce Banda: 'I want Malawians to say our country became a better place'

The Malawi president and award-winning gender activist on the pressure of steering the country through economic crisisShe is southern Africa's first and only female president – a mother of five...

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