Poverty, Inc. / Ro*co Films ; Brainstrom Media ; Tugg ; 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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Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Sausalito, California] : Ro*co Films Educational, 2014.
Description
1 streaming video file (91 min.)

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Summary note
'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?
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture documentary in 2014.
Creation/​Production credits
Director of photography, Simon Scionka; editors, Simon Scionka, Tom Small.
Source of description
Description from landing page (Film Platform, viewed April 22, 2016).
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Interviewees: Magatte Wade, George Ayittey, Marcella Escobari, Herman Chinerry-Hesse. Narrated by Robert Sirico.
Language note
In English, closed-captioned.
Other title(s)
Poverty, Incorporated
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