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Poverty, Inc.
“Fighting Poverty is BIG Business!”
7.2 / 10• 2015• 1h 34m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?
Cast & Crew
Michael Parenti
Self
Lead
Richard D. Wolff
Self
Chris Hedges
Self
Jordan Belfort
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Dennis Kucinich
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Greg Palast
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Ralph Nader
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Vandana Shiva
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Matheson Miller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Poverty, Inc. is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
