Poverty, Inc. : fighting poverty is big business, but who profits the most? / Ro*co Films ; Brainstorm 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.
Fitzgerald, James F., Jr., film producer.; Miller, Michael Matheson, screenwriter, film director, film producer.; Witt, Jonathan, screenwriter.; Scionka, Simon, screenwriter, director of photography, editor of moving image work.; Small, Tom (Photographer), editor of moving image work.; Wade, Magatte, interviewee.; Ayittey, George B. N., 1945- interviewee.; Escobari, Marcella, interviewee.; Chinery-Hesse, Herman, interviewee.; Sirico, Robert A., narrator.; Ro*Co Films Educational (Firm), film distributor.; Brainstorm Media, production company.; Tugg Inc., production company.; Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, production company.; PovertyCure (Organization), production company.; ColdWater Media, production company.
2015
HC79.P6 P68 2015
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Poverty, Inc. : fighting poverty is big business, but who profits the most? / Ro*co Films ; Brainstorm 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.
Published
[Sausalito, California] : Ro*co Films Educational, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Language Note
Closed-captioned (91 minute version only) - - Spanish dubbing and English/Spanish subtitles available.
Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
013964695168
Call Number
HC79.P6 P68 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
339.46
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.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture documentary in 2014.
Interviewees: Magatte Wade, George Ayittey, Marcella Escobari, Herman Chinerry-Hesse. Narrated by Robert Sirico.
Interviewees: Magatte Wade, George Ayittey, Marcella Escobari, Herman Chinerry-Hesse. Narrated by Robert Sirico.
Credits
Director of photography, Simon Scionka; editors, Simon Scionka, Tom Small.
System Details Note
DVD; NTSC; aspect ratio 16:9.
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video
Added Author
Fitzgerald, James F., Jr., film producer.
Miller, Michael Matheson, screenwriter, film director, film producer.
Witt, Jonathan, screenwriter.
Scionka, Simon, screenwriter, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
Small, Tom (Photographer), editor of moving image work.
Wade, Magatte, interviewee.
Ayittey, George B. N., 1945- interviewee.
Escobari, Marcella, interviewee.
Chinery-Hesse, Herman, interviewee.
Sirico, Robert A., narrator.
Miller, Michael Matheson, screenwriter, film director, film producer.
Witt, Jonathan, screenwriter.
Scionka, Simon, screenwriter, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
Small, Tom (Photographer), editor of moving image work.
Wade, Magatte, interviewee.
Ayittey, George B. N., 1945- interviewee.
Escobari, Marcella, interviewee.
Chinery-Hesse, Herman, interviewee.
Sirico, Robert A., narrator.
Added Corporate Author
Ro*Co Films Educational (Firm), film distributor.
Brainstorm Media, production company.
Tugg Inc., production company.
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, production company.
PovertyCure (Organization), production company.
ColdWater Media, production company.
Brainstorm Media, production company.
Tugg Inc., production company.
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, production company.
PovertyCure (Organization), production company.
ColdWater Media, production company.
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