The End of Poverty?
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 27, 2010
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Cinema Libre
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Philippe Diaz | |
Narrated by | Martin Sheen | |
Screenwriting by | Philippe Diaz | |
Composition by | Cristian Bettler & Max Soussan | |
Photography by | Tom Kruse | |
Director of Photography: | Philippe Diaz | |
Hosted by | Amartya Sen, Eduardo Yssa, Nora Castaneda, William Easterly, Eric Toussaint, Oscar Olivera, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Mgendi, Jerome Guillet, Clifford Cobb, Susan George, Joshua Farley, Nimrod Arackha, Kipruto Arap Kirwa, Joseph Ole Kishau, John Perkins & Chalmers Johnson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
It's heartbreaking, of course, but also crassly manipulative and blandly shot, too.
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Time Out
Rating: 2.5/4 --
In the end it leaves the audience with a desire to make a difference and no outlet to do so.
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From the Front Row
Rating: 2/5 --
A didactic documentary that covers ground already trampled to death by countless other films, books, magazine articles, and grad-student theses.
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Austin Chronicle
[A]n eye-opener. This refreshingly straightforward documentary gives the world-history 'backstory' (and continuing story) of why so many people live so poorly and die of malnutrition in abundant societies.
Hollywood Reporter
Rating: 7/10 --
The most articulate film to date describing the modern means and methods of the free market enslavement of undeveloped countries.
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Monsters and Critics
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Even if you're convinced by the many well-spoken interviewees, the film's conclusion is almost as depressing as the historical indictment that precedes it.
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Arizona Republic
Rating: 2/5 --
Why Philippe Diaz has titled his new documentary The End of Poverty? is unclear, because this guilt trip/history lesson is really about the beginning of poverty.
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New York Times
Product Description:
The aphorism "The poor are always with us" dates back to the New Testament, but while the phrase is still sadly apt in the 21st century, few seem to be able to explain why poverty is so widespread. Activist filmmaker Philippe Diaz examines the history and impact of economic inequality in the third world in the documentary THE END OF POVERTY', and makes the compelling argument that it's not an accident or simple bad luck that has created a growing underclass around the world. Diaz traces the growth of global poverty back to colonization in the 15th century, and features interviews with a number of economists, sociologists, and historians who explain how poverty is the clear consequence of free-market economic policies that allow powerful nations to exploit poorer countries for their assets and keep money in the hands of the wealthy rather than distributing it more equitably to the people who have helped them gain their fortunes. Diaz also explores how wealthy nations (especially the United States) seize a disproportionate share of the world's natural resources, and how this imbalance is having a dire impact on the environment as well as the economy. THE END OF POVERTY' was an official selection at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Sales Rank: 79,445
- UPC: 881394108820
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