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Films that open our eyes to human trafficking, exploitative supply chains, and the people working for change. Watch alone, or gather friends and talk it through over coffee.
Five films to start with
Coffee, chocolate, food, and freedom
2011
Not My Life
“Not My Life” depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, it takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through forced labor, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, and child soldiering.
Watch on Website
2006
Black Gold
“Black Gold asks us to wake up and smell the coffee, to face the unjust conditions under which our favorite drink is produced and to decide what we can do about it.” The film traces the trail from the two billion cups of coffee consumed each day back to the farmers who grow the beans, following Tadesse Meskela as he fights for a living wage for 70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers. (California Newsreel)
Watch on Vimeo
2010
The Dark Side of Chocolate
On the cocoa plantations of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, children aged 7 to 15 are promised paid work and forced into slave labor. A team of journalists investigates how trafficking and child labor fuel the worldwide chocolate industry, interviewing both sides and using hidden cameras on the plantations.
Watch on YouTube
2018
Rotten
Local farming is fading as profit margins decide what food reaches our plates. This Netflix documentary series exposes the fraud, corruption, and health consequences of today’s global food industry. Nobody’s hands are clean.
Watch on Netflix
2010
Children for Sale
Produced by The CNN Freedom Project to raise awareness of trafficking in the United States, with particular attention to how young victims are treated by the American justice system. Jada Pinkett Smith talks with girls lured into the sex trade and the women who helped them escape and build safe, fulfilling lives.
Watch on CNN