Three decades of financial deregulation and uninterrupted military conflicts have pushed more than a million farmers in east Africa to engage in the booming trade of khat, a natural amphetamine plant produced in this region. The Green Gold travels along the trade routes connecting Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya to Europe and the rest of the world, to explore the roots of poverty and underdevelopment in one of the world’s poorest regions.

A film by Davide Morandini, David Chierchini, Matteo Keffer
Written by Davide Morandini
Produced by Sallah-Edine Ben Jamaa, Fabio Lucchini
Editing Henk Drees, Davide Morandini
Camera Matteo Keffer
Sound David Chierchini
Music Federico Bisozzi, Davide Tomat

Produced by Les Films Grain de Sable, CORSO Films, Khora Film,
in coproduction with ARTE, WDR
With the support of CNC, Région SUD, EUROPE CREATIVE MEDIA, PROCIREP/ANGOA

Length 52’ et 75’

© 2019 Les Films Grain de Sable / CORSO FIlm / ARTE