The End of Poverty?

05/19/2008

|

1hr 46min

|

Documentary

In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?

STORY

The End of Poverty? asks if the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times which has evolved into our modern system whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor. People living and fighting against poverty answer condemning colonialism and its consequences; land grab, exploitation of natural resources, debt, free markets, demand for corporate profits and the evolution of an economic system in in which 25% of the world's population consumes 85% of its wealth. Featuring Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz, authors/activist Susan George, Eric Toussaint, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and more.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Martin Sheen
  • John Christensen
  • John Perkins
  • Álvaro García Linera
  • Amartya Sen

    Director

  • Philippe Diaz

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English

Videos