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Flip The Coin ¨C The Bitter Taste of Tea


Country of Production: Denmark & Norway
Running Time: 59min
Commentary Language: English
Subtitile: English
Year of Production: 2008
Date of First Release:
Author: Tom Heinemann & Erling Borgen
Director: Tom Heinemann & Erling Borgen
Company of Production: Borgen Productions & Heinemann Media

Brief Synopsis:
In the beautiful lush tea gardens in Kenya, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, millions of tea-workers struggle everyday ‡° fighting to survive. They are plucking tea for multinational companies such as Lipton and Finlay¡¯s.
The companies promise the consumers, that they will act as responsible members of the global society ‡° protecting the environment and ensuring good working and living conditions for the workers.
Nothing could be more wrong.
The western consumers have turned to Fairtrade because Fairtrade/Max Havelaar guarantees, that the workers in the Fairtrade certified tea estates get a little extra money, every time the consumer buys their tea.
This film tells the true story of how Fairtrade is not at all fair.
Filmography:
2006: A Killer Bargain
2008: Flip The Coin ¨C A Tower of Promises