Shady Chocolate (2012)

12/08/2012 (DK) • 45m

Documentary

Do you know where your chocolate comes from?

Overview

Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to consumer demands – explaining what exactly it does to actively fight trafficking and child labour. But does the industry live up to its own promises?In this investigative film, director Miki Mistrati tries to find out, if the chocolate industry – which is one of the largest corporations in the world – speak the truth, when they say that they provide education, medical care etc for the children of the Ivory Coast. But the project runs into trouble already from the get-go, because the embassy of the Ivory Coast won’t let Miki enter the country until he has an invitation – from the chocolate industry.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

chocolate

child labour

human trafficking

plantation

international organization

food industry

child labor

corporate greed

schoolhouse

farming community

ivory coast

ghana

broken promise

west african

ngo

west africa

school kids

farmers exploitation

old school

supply chain

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