Black Coffee

A FILM BY Irene Angelico

Canadians drink 402 cups of coffee a year... spend $600-million a year on coffee for at-home consumption (and) $2.2 to $2.5-billion on brewed coffee... (meanwhile) sales of fair trade coffee in Canada are less than 1 per cent of the total coffee consumed...
- Stephanie Nolen, GLOBE & MAIL

Synopsis

Black Coffee is a remarkable three part documentary that chronicles coffee’s origins in Ethiopia and its triumphant spread over five continents, sparking revolution, controversy, creativity, business and slavery all along the way.

Theatrical Release Date

Original Languages: English
Genre: Canadian, Documentary
Running Time: 3 X 60 min.
Year: 2005

Credits

DIRECTED BY
Irene Angelico