Its title is a literal one: the televised documentary program Black Coffee investigates the history, legacy and multifaceted cultural relevance of that black liquid so omnipresent that it now qualifies as the most widely-consumed beverage in contemporary western society. As produced in 2005 and screened on the TVOntario network in Canada, this limited run miniseries emerged at a point when fair trade between the First World and the Third World gained tremendous importance in the global economy, and coffee sat at the ...
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Its title is a literal one: the televised documentary program Black Coffee investigates the history, legacy and multifaceted cultural relevance of that black liquid so omnipresent that it now qualifies as the most widely-consumed beverage in contemporary western society. As produced in 2005 and screened on the TVOntario network in Canada, this limited run miniseries emerged at a point when fair trade between the First World and the Third World gained tremendous importance in the global economy, and coffee sat at the forefront of this issue. As the series itself denotes, the beverage caused a tremendous schism between those who perceived it as positive (for its creative stimulus, economic boon and (in the case of shade-grown beans) a de facto habitat for various species of wildlife), and those who perceived it as negative, tracing it to the historical proliferation of slavery and rainforest destruction. The program utilizes a thematic structure, wherein its episodes charts five themes relevant to coffee within a historical framework: "Colonialism and Justice," "Community and Social Bonding," "Revolution," "Environmental Degradation," and "International Business and Politics." Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Run time: 60 mins. Originally released: 2005. 3 discs. Language: English. Factory Sealed Brand New 3 Disc DVD set Exploring the dark, rich world of coffee The Cola Conquest filmmaker Irene Angelico is back to investigate the java equivalent of beverage corruption with Black Coffee, a documentary that explores the dark side of dark roast, light roast and everything in between. Black Coffee examines the impact of the potent bean throughout history. Sparking social, economic and even sexual strife, coffee consumption became not only a status symbol of social class, but a patriotic duty in colonial America. As brilliant marketing campaigns branded coffee societys most essential drink, mass production would pave the way for subjugation and oppressive barriers that desperately needed to be broken. From coffees production to its commercial distribution and the capitalization that follows, Black Coffee documents the culture and the counterculture forged by the worlds favorite drink.
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