SWEET, YOUTHFUL SLAVERY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY?

What kind of chocolate will you be buying for your Valentine?

 

Let’s Eat! Films on Food Co-Presented by Cinema Arts Centre & Slow Food Huntington

Sunday, February 13 at 7:30pm

THE DARK SIDE OF CHOCOLATE

In Person: Filmmaker U Roberto Romano

Chocolate Tasting by Roxanne Browning 

 

THE DARK SIDE OF CHOCOLATE, a shocking documentary that investigates how thousands of children are being purchased from their parents in poverty stricken West Africa for a pittance, or in some cases outright stolen and then enslaved on cocoa farms, will be screened at Cinema Arts Centre’s popular Let’s Eat! Films on Food series, co-presented by Slow Food Huntington on Sunday, February 13 at 7:30pm. Following the film, there will be a discussion with Filmmaker U Roberto Romano and Roxanne Browning, NY’s chocolate sommelier, will lead a mini-chocolate tasting of an Ecuadorian chocolate from a Direct Trade chocolate producer, The Kallari Association.

 

$9 Members / $13 Public (Includes Reception & Chocolate Tasting) Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. CAC 423 Park Ave, Huntington 631-423-7611

Is the chocolate we eat produced with the use of child labor and trafficked children? Award-winning Danish journalist Miki Mistrati decided to investigate. His hunt for answers brought him and U Roberto Romano to Mali in West Africa, where hidden footage reveals illegal trafficking of small children to the cocoa fields in the neighboring Ivory Coast . Kids as young as seven years old work illegally in the plantations where they face a dangerous job cutting down the cocoa and carrying heavy loads. Some are victims of trafficking and most of the kids are never paid. Denmark, 2010, 45 min. Click HERE for official website

Slow Food  USA offers educational events and activities to promote sustainability and biodiversity and connect farmers, cooks, educators, students and everyone else who cares about their food and the environment. http://www.slowfoodusa.org Visit Slow Food Huntington on Facebook

 

Thanks & regards,

Susan

Contact for photos, interviews & info:

Susan Finkelstein

Director Publicity & Promotion

Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave.

Huntington, NY 11743

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susan@cinemaartscentre.org

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Since 1973, presenting the best U.S., International, Independent & Repertory films on 3 screens 365 days of the year, in a comfortable ambience including the sculpture garden & The Sky Room Café, the Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave (just south of 25a), Huntington, NY 11743 (25 miles east of New York City). Admission for regular programs: $10.00. Discounts for members, seniors, students & children. CAC is a not-for-profit 501 (c)3 organization. For further information call 631-423-7611. To sign up for weekly email schedule: info@CinemaArtsCentre.org  Membership and Schedule: www.cinemaartscentre.org/

The mission of the Cinema Arts Centre is to bring the best in cinematic artistry to Long Island , and use the power of film to expand the awareness and consciousness of our community.
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