| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (28 min.)) : sound, color |
| Series |
VAST - Academic video online |
| Summary |
Next to oil, coffee is the most important commodity in the world. Millions of cups are consumed daily around the world. Yet few people know anything about the cost of the product in human and environmental terms. This documentary was filmed during the coffee harvest on a farm near the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. Here the conditions are almost feudal. The work starts at 12:30 at night and continues until six the next evening. On a good day, the best of the pickers can earn up to three dollars, but most of the women and children earn half that much. Children as young as eight are out in the fields to add to their family s income. In addition to the back breaking labor, the workers are exposed to pesticides that are harmful both to themselves and the environment. Even though coffee prices go higher and higher, it does not change the conditions of the farm workers in their marginal existence |
| Notes |
Previously published as DVD |
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Produced for The Solidarity and Development Organization Ibis |
| Credits |
Bent Erik Krøyer, camera, producer ; Jørgen Laurvig, sound, producer, music ; Jens Henrik Rafn, editor ; Casablanca Film, DR-Derude Danish Broadcasting Corporation, co-producers |
| Performer |
Fradley Garner, commentary |
| Audience |
For High School; College; Adult audiences |
| Notes |
In English and Spanish, with English subtitles |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011) |
| Subject |
Coffee plantation workers -- Nicaragua
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Coffee -- Harvesting -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
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Coffee -- Harvesting.
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Coffee plantation workers.
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Nicaragua.
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Documentary films.
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History.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Rafn, Jens Henrik
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Garner, Fradley Hamilton.
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Laurvig, Jørgen.
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Krøyer, Bent Erik.
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Filmakers Library, inc.
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Solidarity and Development Organization Ibis
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Casablanca Film (Firm)
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Danmarks radio.
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