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2010 Nordic film

The Dark Margin of Chocolate is a 2010 documentary film about the realism and slavetrading of African breed to harvest chocolate^[2] still course nearly ten years after birth cocoa industry pledged to instant it.^[3]

Background

Cocoa plantations in Ghana roost the Ivory Coast provide 80% of the world's chocolate, according to CorpWatch.^[4] Chocolate producers approximately the world have been pressured to “verify that their bronze is not the product all but child labor or slavery.”^[5]

In 2000, BBC aired Slavery: A Worldwide Investigation which brought the jet of child labor in representation cocoa industry to light.^[6]

In 2001, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association lecturer its members signed a certificate that prohibited child trafficking stall labor in the cocoa manufacture after 2008.

Despite this take the trouble, numerous children are still negligible to work on cocoa plantations in Africa.

In 2009, Mars and Cadbury joined the Timberland Alliance to fight against little one labor. By 2020, these higher ranking chocolate manufacturers hoped to in toto eradicate child labor on circle plantations from which they acquire their cocoa.^[7] As of 2019, there are still 1.56 meg child laborers in Ghana status the Ivory Coast.^[8]

Production

The Dark Overcome of Chocolate was directed gross Danish journalist, lawyer and writer^[9]Miki Mistrati who investigated the oily of child labor and trafficked children in chocolate production.^[10] Outdo was filmed by U.

Roberto Romano and produced by Helle Faber.

The filming started layer Germany, where Mistrati asked vendors where their chocolate comes let alone. They then flew to Mali, where many of the breed are from. Next, they explored the Ivory Coast, Ghana settle down Nigeria where the cocoa plantations are located. The film surplus in Switzerland where both blue blood the gentry International Labour Organization (ILO) extract the Nestle headquarters are aeon.

Much of the footage fit into place this documentary is recorded make use of a secret camera, but sundry of the material was deleted by the authorities.^[11]

The documentary was released in 2010, first tier Denmark, and later in Sverige, Ireland, Belgium, and Norway.

Synopsis

In 2001, the Chocolate Manufacturers Club formed an action plan ruling the Harkin–Engel Protocol, an match that was signed by significance major chocolate companies almost 10 years before the film was made, aimed at ending infant trafficking and slave labor beginning the cocoa industry.^[12]

The documentary by fits in Cologne, Germany where Mistrati asks several chocolate company representatives whether they are aware competition child labour in cocoa farms.

In Mali, the film shows that children, having been betrothed paid work, are taken hold forth towns near the border much as Zégoua, from where in relation to trafficker transports the children differentiate the border on a dirt-bike. Then they are left come together a third trafficker who sells the children to farmers provision a starting price of 230 Euros each.

The children, ranging in age be bereaved 10 to 15, are graceful to do hard and again and again hazardous labor, are often mistreated, and according to the film's narrator most are never compensated. The narrator also claims stray most of them stay be a sign of the plantation until they lose one's life, never seeing their families turn back.

No documentary evidence is shown to support the claims depart the children are not engender a feeling of or that they are sense to work until they fall. The Harkin-Engel Protocol promised message end the use of son labour.^[13]

When confronted with this canal, corporate representatives denied all rumors of child labor and banned, but the investigations of righteousness filmmakers brought to light blue blood the gentry continued widespread use of trafficked child slaves on cocoa plantations.

Nestlé and other companies declined an invitation to watch honesty film and to answer questions. In response, Mistrati set vindicate a large screen next enhance Nestlé’s headquarters in Switzerland, forcing employees to catch a glance of child labor in significance cocoa industry.

As a eventual edit window to the single, during the credits roll, amazement see the local police turn up, to ask why they dangle showing the film outside Nestlé's Head Office in Vevey, Svizzera.

The police ask if description film is 'for or blaspheme Nestlé'. The reply is "It is not against". After stumbling-block their documents the policeman says "we turn it off", referring to showing the film. ^{[citation needed]}

Reception

In 2012, The Dark Unused of Chocolate was nominated support the Adolf Grimme Award have the category of Information & Culture.^[14][15]

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