Black Gold



The Ethics and Environment Society and the AMREF Group want to bring fairtrade to the attention of college members during these two weeks and are showing BLACK GOLD on Wednesday 27 February, at 9.15pm in the Games Room (Cellar Bar).

Black Gold is an astounding look at what it means for the powerful at  WTO talks to set a price of $0.22 for a kilo of coffee on the world market.

The film traces one man's fight for a fair price, and his message is simple: Africans are not getting fairly compensated for their crops on the world market.

Prices for their commodities are artificially low, keeping Africans dependent on U.S. aid, and demean an entire people by not paying them what they are worth.

Fairtrade cake will be served and fairtrade wine and beer will be available at the bar!