I am hosting an ethical discussion on this video...and I can only use 20 minutes of the film...
Which part should I use and/or which part is most powerful?
Also, what sorts of questions/issues I can invoke for a discussion among...college students?
Hi,
I hope I am not too late for this.
I would show:
- council of workers deciding to use their "savings" to build a school
- the farmers switching to grow chank (or whatever it was), where they could sell it for 100 times the price of the coffee once a year
- Illy industry (the only ones that agreed to be in the film). Illy is the most renowed italian coffee brand, and is maybe also the best in terms of quality 9also quite expensive). Still, for being a huge company, selling their "black juice of life" all over the world, they have made a strong commitment towards fair trade/equal exchange, showing that a company can make quite good profits without ripping off the producers.
- I will show the final slide, where the names of the majour coffee importers decloined to be intreviewed
Sorry for the little propaganda, but I can not stand how in order for us to have a cheap coffe (or any other good) we can let millions of people to be abused and to starve. I personally pay twice as amuch for my coffee beans, but I make sure that it only comes from equal exchange/fair trade companies. I am not responsible for the growers abuse and, as a return, I get much better coffee beans as I am willing to pay for that.
Good luck