THE END OF POVERTY?
Dir. Phillipe Diaz | USA | 2008 | 104 min - English, Spanish, French, w/ English subtitles  / Narrated by Martin Sheen

Consider that 20% of the planet's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate. At this rate, to maintain our lifestyle means more and more people will sink below the poverty line. Filmed in the slums of Africa and the barrios of Latin America, The End of Poverty? features expert insights from: Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz; acclaimed authors Susan George, Eric Toussaint, John Perkins, Chalmers Johnson; university professors William Easterly and Michael Watts; government ministers such as Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and the leaders of social movements in Brazil, Venezuela, Kenya and Tanzania.

* Panel discussion Fri Mar 12 following the 7 PM screening (panel starts at 8:45 PM)

The screening of this film is sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Global Political Economy Program at the University of Manitoba.