is a 2007 documentary film directed by

Alidou Badini Alidou Badini is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso who has worked on many films and TV productions. He co-directed the widely discussed , which documents the realities of free trade. Badini has been cameraman or assistant director on various films fo ...

and

Philippe Baqué Philippe Baqué is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is known for his criticism of industrialization of agricultural techniques, and particularly of the "bio" industry. Career Between 1987 and 1997 Philippe Baqué wrote for jou ...

. The title, which translates to "Butter and the money from butter", derives from a

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idiom equivalent to the English phrase "

Have one's cake and eat it too You can't have your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech. The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be ...

Synopsis

Fair trading is very much in fashion today. The concept is to help the most underprivileged populations on our planet to emerge from this state thanks to a fairer distribution of revenues. The

Shea butter Shea butter (, , or ; ) is a fat extracted from yellow the nut of the African shea tree (''Vitellaria paradoxa''). It is ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or palm oil. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moi ...

is produced by the poorest women of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

, and is more and more appreciated in Europe. It is used in the cosmetic industry and as a cocoa substitute. Various fair trading experiences claim to help them but, who really profits from the money of the butter?

Reception

was shown at the

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and at the

African Film Festival of Cordoba The African Film Festival of Cordoba (formerly (African Film Festival of Tarifa) or FCAT) is an annual festival devoted to African cinema held in the Spanish city of Cordoba. It is organized by the NGO Al Tarab. The event was founded in 2004 un ...

. The film received the Jury Grand Prize at the International Environmental Film Festival of

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. It has been used as the basis for discussions by groups who support fair trade.

References

External links

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