The End of Poverty?

1h 46min

Documentary

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

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator
Álvaro García Linera

Álvaro García Linera

Self - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander

Edgardo Lander

Self - Professor & Historian
Eric Toussaint

Eric Toussaint

Self - Author & President of CADTM
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

Self - Author & Law Professor
Jaime De Amorim

Jaime De Amorim

Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
Miriam Campos

Miriam Campos

Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia
Mashengu wa Mwachofi

Mashengu wa Mwachofi

Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya
Maria Luisa Mendoca

Maria Luisa Mendoca

Self - Rede Social President, Brazil
William Easterly

William Easterly

Self - Author & Professor
Michael Watts

Michael Watts

Self - Author & Professor
Nora Castaneda

Nora Castaneda

Self - Women's Bank President, Venezuela
Joao Pedro Stedile

Joao Pedro Stedile

Self - Landless Movement Leader, Brazil

Release date

19th May 2008

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English