Black Coffee (2007)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963976/

Black Coffee is a three-hour documentary series that traces the unique and volatile history of coffee. From its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as a contemporary elixir, coffee has dominated and molded the economies, politics and social structures of entire countries. Coffee's history is rife with controversy and paradox. It has been banned as an instigator of revolution, yet lies at the heart of the democratic tradition in Costa Rica.

Exploring the dark, rich world of coffee

The Cola Conquest filmmaker Irene Angelico is back to investigate the java equivalent of beverage corruption with Black Coffee, a documentary that explores the dark side of dark roast, light roast and everything in between.

Black Coffee examines the impact of the potent bean throughout history. Sparking social, economic and even sexual strife, coffee consumption became not only a status symbol of social class, but a patriotic duty in colonial America. As brilliant marketing campaigns branded coffee society’s most essential drink, mass production would pave the way for subjugation and oppressive barriers that desperately needed to be broken.

From coffee’s production to its commercial distribution and the capitalization that follows, Black Coffee documents the culture and the counterculture forged by the world’s favorite drink.

INCLUDES: The Irresistible Bean / Gold in Your Cup / The Perfect Cup

Disc 1
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Runtime: 00:57:43 (57min 43sec)

Video
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Resolution: 720x480 (1.5 : 1)
FPS: 29.971
BitRate: 1214 kbps
Codec: DivX 5

Audio
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Number of channels: 2
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
BitRate: 128 kbps
Codec: MP3

Disc 2
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Runtime: 00:57:43 (57min 43sec)

Video
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Resolution: 720x480 (1.5 : 1)
FPS: 29.971
BitRate: 1214 kbps
Codec: DivX 5

Audio
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Number of channels: 2
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
BitRate: 128 kbps
Codec: MP3

Disc 3
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Runtime: 00:57:40 (57min 40sec)

Video
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Resolution: 720x480 (1.5 : 1)
FPS: 29.971
BitRate: 1214 kbps
Codec: DivX 5

Audio
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Number of channels: 2
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
BitRate: 128 kbps
Codec: MP3