The End of Poverty?
Seen it?2008 | 106 min | Documentary
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes learning something new. Expect to bring it up in conversation afterwards.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves through the story clearly, at 1 hr 46 min.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
52% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$0K worldwide on a $1 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Philippe Diaz
- Martin SheenSelf - Narrator
- John ChristensenSelf
- John PerkinsSelf
- Álvaro García LineraSelf - Vice-President, Bolivia
- Amartya SenSelf - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
- Edgardo LanderSelf - Professor & Historian
- Eric ToussaintSelf - Author & President of CADTM
- H.W.O. Okoth-OgendoSelf - Author & Law Professor
- Jaime De AmorimSelf - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
- Miriam CamposSelf - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia