Poverty, Inc., Acton Media presents a Poverty Cure production in association with Coldwater Media ; producers, James F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Michael Matheson Miller ; written by Jonathan Witt, Michael Matheson Miller, Simon Scionka ; directed by Michael Matheson Miller
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Poverty, Inc., Acton Media presents a Poverty Cure production in association with Coldwater Media ; producers, James F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Michael Matheson Miller ; written by Jonathan Witt, Michael Matheson Miller, Simon Scionka ; directed by Michael Matheson Miller
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Poverty, Inc.
Responsibility statement
Acton Media presents a Poverty Cure production in association with Coldwater Media ; producers, James F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Michael Matheson Miller ; written by Jonathan Witt, Michael Matheson Miller, Simon Scionka ; directed by Michael Matheson Miller
Runtime
146
Summary
"'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore. From TOMs Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, the film challenges each of us to ask the tough question: Could I be part of the problem?"--From container
Technique
live action
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Poverty, Incorporated
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Subject
- Documentary films
- Economic history
- Developing countries -- Social conditions
- Poverty -- Developing countries
- Economic assistance
- Poverty + International cooperation
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Developing countries -- Economic conditions
- Poor + Finance, Personal
- Human services -- Developing countries
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor12
- Genre2
- Subject10
- Documentary films
- Economic history
- Developing countries -- Social conditions
- Poverty -- Developing countries
- Economic assistance
- Poverty + International cooperation
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Developing countries -- Economic conditions
- Poor + Finance, Personal
- Human services -- Developing countries
- Content1
- resource.directorofphotography1
- Editor1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer2
- Interviewee4
- Presenter1
- resource.productioncompany3
- resource.screenwriter3