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The Chocolate War

2022 1h 22m Documentary List
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Twenty years ago, the world's biggest cocoa producers signed an agreement to end child slavery. Since then, the appalling abuse has only got worse. US lawyer Terry Collingsworth is working hard to bring the chocolate giants to justice and has dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery and human trafficking, and to fighting the food giants and their army of lawyers. Collingsworth is trying to convict Nestlé and Cargill of systematically exploiting children in Ivory Coast cocoa production. And now the case has finally reached the US Supreme Court. To prepare for the trial, Terry Collingsworth will gather more evidence. In Mali, he meets his six key witnesses before travelling on to Ivory Coast's cocoa plantations, where a center for the rehabilitation of enslaved children turns out to be as fake and empty as a movie set, supported by governments and NGOs, but unused and with no children in sight. All in the quest to keep the price of cocoa beans low.

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Wendy Ide Screen International Audiences are not going to find a neat moment of closure in this film. But they might leave the picture enlightened about the real cost of chocolate. Apr 1, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Twenty years ago, the world's biggest cocoa producers signed an agreement to end child slavery. Since then, the appalling abuse has only got worse. US lawyer Terry Collingsworth is working hard to bring the chocolate giants to justice and has dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery and human trafficking, and to fighting the food giants and their army of lawyers. Collingsworth is trying to convict Nestlé and Cargill of systematically exploiting children in Ivory Coast cocoa production. And now the case has finally reached the US Supreme Court. To prepare for the trial, Terry Collingsworth will gather more evidence. In Mali, he meets his six key witnesses before travelling on to Ivory Coast's cocoa plantations, where a center for the rehabilitation of enslaved children turns out to be as fake and empty as a movie set, supported by governments and NGOs, but unused and with no children in sight. All in the quest to keep the price of cocoa beans low.
Director
Miki Mistrati
Producer
Helle Faber
Production Co
Made in Copenhagen
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Danish
Runtime
1h 22m