Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty (2012)

11/28/2012 (EN) • Documentary • 58m

Overview

The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages. And when you awake, what can you say about poverty now? There are still very poor people, to be sure, but the new poverty has more to do with inequality...

Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty (2012)

11/28/2012 (EN) • 58m

Documentary

Overview

The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages. And when you awake, what can you say about poverty now? There are still very poor people, to be sure, but the new poverty has more to do with inequality...

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

poverty

economics

inequality

poor

wealth differences

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