The Port of Mokha

CLIENT

Port of Mokha

OVERVIEW

Our brand marketing film charts Mokhtar’s journey to Yemen and back again. It examines the lengths a man would go to deliver the best coffee ever grown to the world, and the distance he would travel to secure a future for the people who make it.

Press: Fast Company

CREDITS

Director: Jamie Young
Producer: Jake Bulgarino
Client: Port of Mokha

DP: Jake Bulgarino
Editor: Amir Mohebali
AC: Joe Miller

TYPE

Branded Documentary

The worlds highest rated coffee, from Yemen.

We met founder Mokhtar Alkhanshali before the sun came up in Santa Barbara, standing on the only coffee farm in the continental United States. He was very awake, even in the slow, foggy dawn. “Are you guys excited?” he asked. “I’m so excited,” he said before anyone could answer.

Alhkanshali is the subject of David Eggers’ latest book, “The Monk of Mokha,” and the man responsible for the revival of Yemen’s coffee industry. He’s equal parts explorer, connoisseur, and philanthropist, and drinks eight cups of coffee a day.