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BLACK GOLD SET TO STIR UP LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY 12TH JAN 2007

IN 2006 BLACK GOLD SCREENED AROUND THE WORLD TO SELL-OUT AUDIENCES AND SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE GLOBAL COFFEE INDUSTRY. NOW, ONE YEAR AFTER SUNDANCE, AS PART OF ITS U.S. THEATRICAL RELEASE, BLACK GOLD OPENS IN L.A. ON FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY 2007.

DON’T MISS BLACK GOLD IN L.A. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
OPENS ON: FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY
Showtimes on 1/12: 5:30pm 7:40pm 9:45pm
Showtimes on 1/13: 1:10pm 3:20pm 5:30pm 7:40pm 9:45pm
Showtimes on 1/14: 1:10pm 3:20pm 5:30pm 7:40pm 9:45pm

VENUE: LAEMMLE GRANDE 4-PLEX
345 S. FIGUEROA ST.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, 90071

“BLACK GOLD threatens to do for the multibillion-pound coffee industry what Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me did for fast food: Shock consumers into thinking again about what they are buying……Starbucks is now spearheading a public relations counter-attack.
Ben Hoyle, The (London) Times

“BLACK GOLD tells an unresolved modern version of the age-old David and Goliath story”
Stephen Holden, New York Times

“REMARKABLE – A moving but scandalous story. Black Gold has extraordinary power”
David Gritten, Daily Telegraph

“VISUALLY RAVISHING…the Francis’ are aces behind the camera”
Robert Koehler, Variety

“VIVID & GALVANIZING”
Mark Holcomb, Time Out

“MESMERIZING“
Tom Keogh, The Seattle Times

“FASCINATING“
San Francisco Chronicle

“BLACK GOLD guarantees that you’ll never look at your tall no-foam cap with a double shot the same way again.“
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice.In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry, Black Gold traces one man’s fight for a fair price.

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IN 2006 BLACK GOLD SCREENED AROUND THE WORLD TO SELL-OUT AUDIENCES AND SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE GLOBAL COFEEE INDUSTRY. NOW, ONE YEAR AFTER SUNDANCE, AS PART OF ITS US THEATRICAL RELEASE, BLACK GOLD OPENS IN LA ON FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY 2007.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

DATE: FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY
VENUE: LAEMMLE GRANDE 4-PLEX
345 S. FIGUEROA ST.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, 90071

“Black Gold threatens to do for the multibillion-pound coffee industry what Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me did for fast food: Shock consumers into thinking again about what they are buying…… Starbucks is now spearheading a public relations counter-attack”
(The Times of London)

“Black Gold tells an unresolved modern version of the age-old David and Goliath story”
(Stephen Holden, The New York Times)

“As coffee drinkers know, not all beans are equal, but the meaning of inequality gets an entirely different spin in Marc and Nick Francis’ handsome and astute doc, Black Gold”
(Robert Koehler, Variety)

“Mesmerizing…. a cup of coffee from the corner shop might perk up one’s afternoon, but possibly so on the backs of starving families a world away”
(Seattle Times)

“Fascinating”
(San Francisco Chronicle)

“Scathing, Vivid and Galvanising”
(Time Out, New York)

“Remarkable – A moving but scandalous story. Black Gold has extraordinary power”
(David Gritten, London Daily Telegraph)
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As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry, Black Gold traces one man’s fight for a fair price.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE.
TO CONTACT THE LAEMMLE GRANDE THEATER, call 213-617-0268.