
The Cost of a Coke: 2nd Edition
Coca-Cola's bottling operations in Colombia are the subject here, where labor organizers and local communities describe violence, environmental damage, and economic exploitation tied to the company's production facilities. Director Matt Beard follows the civil lawsuits brought against Coca-Cola over these allegations and focuses on Federal Judge Jose Martinez, who presided over the cases, examining conflicts of interest that critics argue undermined the proceedings. Ray Rogers of the Killer Coke campaign appears as one of the film's central voices, laying out the case against the company's conduct, while a Coca-Cola spokesman, Dana Bolden, is heard denying the claims on record. The film relies on interviews with affected workers and community members, court documents, and campaign footage rather than dramatization, building its account through testimony and paper trail. It stays narrowly focused on the Colombia lawsuits and the judge's role in them rather than surveying Coca-Cola's global business, treating the legal fight itself as the story's spine.