The End of Poverty? (2008)
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?
106 min
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.
- Release date
- May 19, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Cristian Bettler
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $57
Trailer
Cast
- Martin Sheen as Self - Narrator
- Amartya Sen as Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
- John Perkins as Self - Author & Economist
- Eric Toussaint as Self - Author & President of CADTM
- Edgardo Lander as Self - Professor & Historian
- H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo as Self - Author & Law Professor
- Miriam Campos as Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia
- Mashengu wa Mwachofi as Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya
- Maria Luisa Mendoca as Self - Rede Social President, Brazil
- Jaime De Amorim as Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
Crew
- Philippe Diaz · Director
- Philippe Diaz · Writer
- Beth Portello · Producer
- Robert Schalkenbach · Producer
- Cristian Bettler · Composer
- Philippe Diaz · Cinematographer
- Thomas Staunton · Editor