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Official Selection, at the 2014 Utopia Film Festival

Official Selection, at the 2014 Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival

Official Selection, at the 2014 Global Peace Film Festival

“An eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at the real world of coffee…Highly recommended.” 

– Video Librarian

"Powerful"
- Grand Traverse Inside
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Did You Know?
  • Worldwide, over 1.6 billion cups of coffee are consumed daily 
  • It takes about 70 coffee beans to create one cup of coffee 
  • Despite the enormous wealth the coffee trade generates, most coffee farmers see very little of that money and often live in poverty
DIRECTORS: Aaron Dennis
DVDCAT#: PRDVD2703
RUNTIME: 70 min.
RATING: NR
LANGUAGE: English

PRODUCTION YEAR: 2014

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Subject Areas: Documentary, Cultural Studies, Latin American, Government, Politics, Sociology

Synopsis:

Connected By Coffee tells the story of Latin American coffee farmers and how our daily brew is deeply connected to the region's troubled past and hopeful future. 

Following a 1000-mile journey from Mexico to Nicaragua, the film shows how equitable trading relationships are helping empower communities and take a step towards social justice. 

On every step of the film’s journey we see the indomitable spirit of people who are determined to live joyfully in the face of economic, social, and environmental challenges. 


Some are soldiers who laid down their rifles to become farmers. Others are women who own and operate their own farms and have banded together to assist one another. Others are independent farmers who formed cooperatives that have improved the quality of their lives and have become important tools for social change. 

Throughout the journey we learn how every cup of coffee connects us in a very real way to the people who are most responsible for it: the growers themselves.

FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH COFFEE TRADERS, GROWERS AND FAIR TRADE LEADERS INCLUDING: 
  • Matt Earley, Just Coffee Cooperative 
  • Chris Treter, Higher Grounds Trading Co. 
  • Jonathan Rosenthan, Equal Exchange 
  • Renee Bowers, Fair Trade Federation 
  • Dana Geffner, Fair World Project 
  • Monika Firl, Cooperative Coffees 




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