From TOMS Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
Poverty, Inc.
Documentary | 2015
Cast
George Ayittey, Herman Chinery-Hesse, Corrigan Clay, Shelley Clay, Paul Collier, Theodore Dalrymple, Hernando de Soto, Frantz Derosier, Jacob Donatien, Marcela Escobari, Michael Fairbanks, Malik Fal, Alex George, Peter Greer, Daniel Jean Louis, Paul Kagame, Kenneth Michel, Eva Muraya, Jean-Ronel Noel, Joshua Omoga, John Rucyahana, Joel Salatin, Timothy Schwartz, Makilene Velnis, Magatte Wade, Andreas Widmer, Muhammad Yunus
Synopsis
“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?
Producers
James F. Fitzgerald Jr., Michael Matheson Miller
Director
Michael Matheson Miller
From TOMS Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
