Cola Conquest I: A Classic Marketing Story
42 mins, 2008 This award-winning, US documentary explores the advertising and marketing techniques behind Coca-Cola’s historic success. Drawing on a wealth of archive material and interviews with key industry figures, the film offers a powerful insight into Coke’s commercial and social impact. BIRTH OF MODERN ADVERTISING: Coke begins life as a “brain tonic” for business… Read more »
Fair Trade And Chocolate
30 mins, 2010 Buy a bar of fair trade chocolate and help people in the developing world, too. This is the unique selling point of Divine Chocolate – but is it too good to be true? SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Divine was set up a co-op of cocoa farmers in Ghana to give them a share in… Read more »
Pig Business: The Cost of Cheap Food
30 mins, 2009 In this shocking and provocative film, Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who’s paying the true price for the cheap pork for sale in Britain’s supermarkets. WHERE IT ALL STARTED: Industrialised pig farming was pioneered in America, and it’s the way most supermarket pork is produced. Critics here argue the factory farms… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 2: USA, China & Europe
42 mins, 2009 Three films look at how people in countries around the world are feeling the bitter effects of globalisation – from Europe and the USA to China. USA: Detroit, the city of Motown music and big cars is turning into an industrial wasteland. When the car industry was booming Detroit was the fifth… Read more »
The Great Firewall Of China
20 mins, 2009 Shanghai – on the face of it, a slick, modern, outward-looking city. But when it comes to the internet, as with much else in China, it seems the Government is in control. This film explores how China is trying to censor the web, but also how some Chinese people are finding ways… Read more »
China’s Pollution Busters
31 mins, 2009 China’s rapid industrialisation has come at a heavy price – polluted waterways and huge health problems. This film follows two Chinese environmentalists risking threats and violence to locate the factories polluting their water. CHONGQING: The film begins in Chongqing, one of China’s new mega cities, home to six million people, and a… Read more »
Urban Questions: US, China & South Africa
60 mins, 2009 Three films look at cities in the developing and developed world and explore the problems facing their citizens. DETROIT, USA: The city of Detroit used to be a symbol of the industrial might of the USA. Now its factories have moved overseas in search of cheap labour. Former assembly workers freeze on… Read more »
Fair Trade In Action
29 mins, 2008 What is fair trade? How does it work in practice? What difference is it making to people in the developing world? This is the story of fair trade fashion company People Tree SWEATSHOP LABOUR: The UK fashion business is worth over £40 billion annually. But beneath the industry’s glamorous façade, there’s an… Read more »
Cola Conquest II: How Coke Took Over The World
39 mins, 2008 This award-winning film tells the story of how Coca-Cola became the world’s most famous multinational company and follows its quest to be the globe’s number one beverage. HOW IT STARTS: The Second World War prompts Coke’s global expansion as every US soldier gets a bottle of Coke for five cents. Bottling plants… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 3: The Car Makers
30 mins, 2010 The car was once a symbol of American ingenuity and technological progress. But now production has been outsourced to countries across the world. This film demonstrates the huge impact globalisation is having on an industry and the people who work in it. INDIA: In Chennai, India, Boniface works making radiator caps which… Read more »
Amazon: The Logging Wars
25 mins, 2008 It’s been called the lungs of the earth. But the Amazon is also a lawless jungle, where criminals and profiteers plunder the forest for its riches. Communities are battling to stop loggers stripping the rainforest of its ancient timber, but many people depend on revenue from the illegal trade. The result is… Read more »
Damming The Three Gorges
19 mins, 2008 The Three Gorges Dam is the biggest in the world. It’s also the largest hydroelectric project ever built. But what are the human and environmental costs of this massive construction? THE RIVER: The dam has changed forever the Yangtze river, which divides China’s north from its south. As the water rises, the… Read more »