Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
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Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

7.2 / 10 | 5h | Netherlands
2012 | Documentary
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...

Cast List (14)

Ben Lewis
Ben Lewis
Director
Shaun Parkes
Shaun Parkes
Narrator
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz
Self - economist and professor, Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Self - Earth Institute
Emmanuel Akyeampong
Emmanuel Akyeampong
Self - historian
Frances Stewart
Frances Stewart
Self - professor of development economics
Tim Hitchcock
Tim Hitchcock
Self - historian
Lillian M. Li
Lillian M. Li
Self - historian
Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo
Self - Poverty Action Lab
Adam Sabra
Adam Sabra
Self - historian
Thomas Pogge
Thomas Pogge
Self - philosopher
Johnny Daukes
Johnny Daukes
Animation characters
Dorothy Heady-Carroll
Dorothy Heady-Carroll
Animation characters
Ben Lewis
Ben Lewis
Writer

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