The ColaLife Documentary – The Cola Road – will have its UK Premier at the RSA in London on Monday, 23-Sep-13. Admission is FREE but the event will be ticketed and donations are always welcome.
Click here to get your ticket from the RSA’s Eventbright page. Early booking is advised – with any luck it will ‘sell out’!
The screening will be followed by a Q&A Panel chaired by Peter Day, the BBC’s Global Business Correspondent who visited one of ColaLife’s target communities in June this year. He reported on his visit here: ColaLife: Turning profits into healthy babies.
The following people will be on the Q&A panel:
- Albert Saka the manager of the frontline activities in Zambia and the Zambian star of the film. This will be Albert’s first trip to the UK.
- Jane Berry, co-founder of ColaLife and in charge of Business Development and Research for the ColaLife Operational Trial in Zambia
- Simon Berry, co-founder of ColaLife and project manager of the ColaLife Operational Trial in Zambia
- Claire Ward, the maker of the film (hopefully)
The Cola Road is an independent film made by Claire Ward.
For years, a conundrum has baffled visitors to developing countries: Coca-Cola is everywhere, but basic medicines are not.
The Cola Road documentary follows the ColaLife team in Zambia as they attempt to make an anti-diarrhoea kit as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola.
A trailer for the film is here:
All aspects of the film are beautifully produced. As an example, this is the Zambian tune that the credits roll to – Ambuya by Wezi – just to get you in the mood:
