The 4th annual Carmel Art & Film Festival is set to take place October 10-14, 2012.
While scrolling through the film list, I came across "Nothing Like Chocolate" and naturally, it caught my interest! Directed by Kum-Kum Bhavnani, the film delves into the social, economical, and historical truths of chocolate, much of which can really be a shocker to those not in the know.
The Carmel Art & Film Festival:
Deep in the rain forests of Grenada, anarchist chocolate-maker, Mott Green operates an unusual chocolate factory that makes delicious creations unknown to a world saturated with industrially produced cocoa, much of it harvested by exploited child labor in West Africa. Mott utilizes solar power, employee shareholding and small-scale antique equipment to make delicious, organic, and socially conscious chocolate. Each step in the production process, from cocoa pod to candy bar, involves ethical and sustainable methods aimed at empowering the community of farmers involved. This is an intimate story of the relentless and headstrong Mott Green, founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company, as he pursues his unique vision to create the best chocolate in the world, ethically and taste-wise. Nothing Like Chocolate allows us to enter the world’s smallest chocolate factory, and we see how, by tackling the unsustainable and exploitative practices of the Goliaths of the industry, they are doing enormous things for cocoa communities, and the world’s sweet tooth.
"Nothing Like Chocolate" will be showing on Friday, October 12th at 4pm @ the Youth Center Upper Theater.
