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Why Poverty?

Why Poverty?

2012•58m•Documentary
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A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.

StatusEnded
Runtime58m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 19, 2012

Episodes

Episode 1 - Four Born Every SecondE158m

Four Born Every Second

Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.

Nov 19, 2012

Episode 2 - Give Us the MoneyE258m

Give Us the Money

A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.

Nov 25, 2012

Episode 3 - Stealing AfricaE358m

Stealing Africa

An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.

Nov 26, 2012

Episode 4 - Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American DreamE458m

Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream

How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.

Nov 27, 2012

Episode 5 - Poor Us - An Animated History of PovertyE558m

Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty

Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.

Nov 28, 2012

Episode 6 - Solar MamasE658m

Solar Mamas

A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.

Dec 2, 2012

Episode 7 - The Great Land RushE758m

The Great Land Rush

How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.

Dec 4, 2012

Episode 8 - China's Ant PeopleE858m

China's Ant People

Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.

Dec 5, 2012

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