Why Poverty?
Overview
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
Seasons
Season 1 (2012)
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8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Four Born Every Second
2012-11-19Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 2: Give Us the Money
2012-11-25A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 3: Stealing Africa
2012-11-26An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 4: Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream
2012-11-27How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 5: Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty
2012-11-28Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 6: Solar Mamas
2012-12-02A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 7: The Great Land Rush
2012-12-04How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 8: China's Ant People
2012-12-05Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.
Runtime: 58 min
