Blood_Sweat_And_Luxuries《血汗与奢侈品》

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社会科学类纪录片，BBC 频道 2010 年出品。

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s6103

影片原始规格:

• 　中文片名　：血汗与奢侈品
• 　中文系列名：
• 　英文片名　：Blood Sweat And Luxuries
• 　英文系列名：
• 　电视台　　：BBC
• 　地区　　　：英国
• 　语言　　　：英语
• 　时长　　　：约 59 mins./ep
• 　版本　　　：TV
• 　发行时间　：2010

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剧情简介

六名英国的年轻人放弃他们的奢华生活，来到贫苦的非洲和亚洲地区，和那里的人一起采掘、生产、加工、回收奢侈品.

分集介绍

　【寶石】 Gems

In Britain today, what were once luxuries are fast becoming everyday items. From electrical gadgets to leather handbags and shoes, as more and more is consumed, products are increasingly disposable. Would consumers care more if they knew the human cost of making luxuries?

The Brits head to the isolated mining town of Ilakaka in Madagascar to discover where the gems and jewellery sold on the British high street come from. In the vast open-pit mines they join hundreds of workers in chain gangs digging for one of the most sought-after gems in the world - sapphires. When the back-breaking work becomes too much for James, Alexandria and Lucy they're shocked to discover the alternative - a makeshift 50-foot-deep mine shaft accessed by rope and pulley.

Soon it's not just the extreme working conditions and hand-to-mouth existence of the locals that shock the Brits, but the value of the rough stones compared to the expensive shiny jewellery for sale in Western shops. Will they have the same love for luxuries again?

　【皮革】 Leather

The Brits leave Madagascar and head to one of Africa's poorest countries, Ethiopia, and its capital Addis Ababa where they join some of the thousands of locals who rely on the leather industry to survive.

Working in abattoirs, tanneries and leather factories that supply shoes to Europe's high streets tempers begin to fray. Sam and Alex lose patience with Oscar, as does the supervisor. But when the girls discover how little money one of the young shoe factory workers has to live on, they in turn take on the boss.

Shocked by the realisation that our leather goods have such poor beginnings, the Brits soon learn that the bigger luxury is the one we take for granted - the luxury of choice. Will anyone ever have the same love for their leather goods again?

　【咖啡】 Coffee

The Brits leave Ethiopia's capital behind and travel south to the famous coffee plantations of Yirgacheffe and the remote mountain village of Biolya. Here, life gets even tougher as for the first time they have no help from a local family and must survive only on the wages paid to a coffee worker. But will they be able to do enough work to afford to eat and pay rent on their simple mud hut?

To survive, the Brits must pool their money and work as a family, but when their team needs to be strong it starts falling apart - George becomes ill, Lucy can't cope and Oscar decides to go it alone.

Just when everything is getting too much, they are surprised by a new arrival, self-confessed coffee addict Shievonne. But will her favourite drink ever taste the same again?

　【黃金和電子廢物】 Gold and E-waste

The Brits travel to Ghana to mine one of our oldest and most precious luxuries, gold, but also discover the impact of one of Africa's newest imports, e-waste.

Joining some of the thousands of men and women who mine gold by hand, the Brits struggle to cope as exhaustion bites, tempers fray and Shievonne collapses - making the Brits question if gold truly deserves its luxurious label.

But nothing the Brits have seen so far prepares them for the electrical dump site. Here, young children smash and break computers from the west in search of valuable copper - a means of survival that not only puts their health on the line but also their lives.

Will any of the Brits ever have the same love for their luxuries again?

　【技術】 Technology

On the final leg of their journey the Brits leave Africa for the Philippines to discover where components for our mp3 players, DVDs and computers come from.

They join the workers in the ultra-competitive world of electronics, where productivity is everything and factories produce hundreds of thousands of components a day. It's a multi-billion pound industry and with so much at stake five mistakes in a million is too many.

When the Brits join the highly disciplined workers on the sterile factory floor, their lack of focus becomes a major issue and Oscar quits.

After five long weeks the Brits are due to return home, but not before they learn the level of sacrifice the workers make to support their families and are able to reunite a young woman with her two-year-old son. They also learn that the alternatives to factory life aren't quite what they seem as they meet the families who live and work on the city dumpsites.

As they head back to the UK leaving the slums and mud huts behind them, will their luxury lives at home ever be the same again?

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