Northern Territory

Fair trade fortnight free film event

Darwin community set to wake up and smell the coffee

‘Black Gold – wake up and smell the coffee’ will be screened at the Groove Cafe FREE to the Darwin community on Wednesday May 13th at 7.30 pm.

This free screening has been organised to coincide with Fair Trade Fortnight (2-17 May).

Volunteers of the Darwin Alternative Trading Group have organised this free community event to help raise awareness about the positive community benefits of fair trade.

Black Gold DVD Documentary and Discussion

The documentary shows the barriers preventing coffee farmers in Ethiopia from obtaining a living wage from their labour. It follows the path of a co-operative worker as he tracks the processes through which coffee reaches the supermarket shelf, and shows how the market structures are stacked in favour of an often inefficient and greedy supply chain of middle-men. The movie shows the positive work of the Oromia Co-operative in the community. A discussion after the documentary will focus on thinking about what might be done to promote Fair Trade in our local area.