Tea fortunes / a Firefret production for Channel Four ; fiction script, Richard Burridge ; research & narration, Allister Goulding [and others] ; director, Sue Clayton ; produced by Sue Clayton, Jonathan Curling.
Publisher:
First Run Icarus Films,
Copyright Date:
1986
Description:
1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Narrator: Allister Goulding. Originally produced in 1985.
Summary:
Documents the history of the tea industry in China, India, Sri Lanka, and East Africa. Profiling Sir Thomas Lipton, it shows how he and his competitors controlled every stage of tea manufacture, from planting to blending, packaging to retailing. Today India controls its exports of tea, Sri Lanka has nationalized its tea estates, Zimbabwe's state-run plantations generate some cash in rural areas while women in China work for some of the lowest wages in the world producing tea for western blends.
Series:
Commodities
OCLC:
(OCoLC)79174894
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.