Discussion at Document 4: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival following a screening of 'White Gold – The True Cost of Cotton', with Craig Murray, Britain’s outspoken Ambassador to the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan 2002–04: a prominent critic of Western policy in the region.

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'White Gold – The True Cost of Cotton'
Sam Cole • 2005 • 8 mins
White Gold - The True Cost of Cotton, reveals the extent of the enviromental damage and human right’s abuses caused by the cotton industry of Central Asia, mainly to supply European demand. The draining of the Aral Sea and the extensive use of child labour are directly linked with Uzbekistan’s billion dollar cotton production.