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The Coca-Cola Case

Monday
Jan 25
02:00 pm

1125 Colonel By Drive Tory Building (TB) 208
Ottawa, ON
Canada

This screening is presented in conjunction with The Council of Canadians.Panel discussion to follow the film including:German Gutierrez

National Film Board
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The Coca-Cola Case

Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez / CA / 2009 / 82 ' / English - Spanish / S.T. English

A documentary about Coke and labour rights in the Columbian bottling plants.

Synopsis

THE COCA COLA CASE is screening throughout the CP Network between winter and spring 2010 as part of the The Coca Cola Case Film Tour, co-organized the the NFB. SYNOPSIS: Colombia is the trade union murder capital of the world. Since 2002, more than 470 workers’ leaders have been brutally killed, usually by paramilitaries hired by private companies intent on crushing the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands is the poster boy for American business: Coca-Cola.

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