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      The End of Poverty?

      Released Nov 13, 2009 1h 46m Documentary List
      52% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 76% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Intellectuals, economists and others discuss global economic woes and the plight of those who must live in poverty. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Its bad cause theyre is no ironman in it lol 0000.1/10 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Very powerful. A reality we all need to face and rectify. The only reason I knocked off half a star is because it was a bit longer than necessary. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member The overwhelming magnitude of poverty seems unsolvable. Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? In this award-winning documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, we see the historical foundation that, for over five centuries, laid the groundwork for today's financial crisis. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization (often in the spirit of missionary zeal) that resulted in the seizure of land and minerals and in forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of the structuring of debt, trade and tax policies. The "End of Poverty" (2009) reveals a co-dependency in which the southern hemisphere provides cheap resources for the northern hemisphere without a way out of financial indebtedness and towards economic independence. The dependency is necessary to prop up the industrialized nation's standard of living. Read my detailed review at: www.unhealedwound.com (July 27, 2014)! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent piece of documentary detailing how the West through their actions and policies have impoverished the world. Getting it for my classes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Powerful documentary that underlines the origins of capitalism and shatters the assumption we have (especially in France) that the purpose of our societies is to help people step out of poverty, whereas their nature is and has always been founded on the exploitation of man by man and to set in stone the discrepancies between rich and poor. I particularly appreciated the participation of John Perkins, the author of the celebrated "Confessions of An Economic Hitman". Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member depressing and upsetting seeing one factor of these problems. it gets even more upset when you think you can't do much to change any of these. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Kerry Lengel Arizona Republic Even if you're convinced by the many well-spoken interviewees, the film's conclusion is almost as depressing as the historical indictment that precedes it. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 10, 2010 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle A didactic documentary that covers ground already trampled to death by countless other films, books, magazine articles, and grad-student theses. Rated: 2/5 Dec 18, 2009 Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Because Diaz constructs his movie like a classroom tutorial, we expect something more from him than an appeal to end privatization. Rated: C+ Dec 11, 2009 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row In the end it leaves the audience with a desire to make a difference and no outlet to do so. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 5, 2019 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A confrontational documentary by neo-Marxist director Phillippe Diaz that explores the inconvenient truth that the gears of capitalism are greased by the exploitation of the weak. Rated: 83/100 May 1, 2010 Full Review Rachel Gordon Filmcritic.com so stuck in the self-importance of covering the economically disadvantaged that it thoroughly loses the ability to show how the circumstances evolved to such a state. Rated: 2/5 Jan 29, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Intellectuals, economists and others discuss global economic woes and the plight of those who must live in poverty.
      Director
      Philippe Diaz
      Producer
      Clifford Cobb
      Screenwriter
      Philippe Diaz
      Distributor
      Cinema Libre Studio
      Production Co
      Cinema Libre Studio
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 13, 2009, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 18, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $57.3K
      Runtime
      1h 46m
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