DOCUMENTARIES
In the last ten years, foreign corporations have extracted copper worth over $29 billion from Zambia’s copper mines, but it is still ranked one of the poorest countries in the world. This documentary, which alleges that ten times more is lost due to dodgy tax practices than is given to the country in international aid, looks at the impact of such practices on the country’s development.
Stories of Our Lives is a Kenyan film, released in 2014. Created by the members of The Nest Collective, a Nairobi-based arts group, the film is an anthology of five short films dramatising true stories of LGBT+ life in Kenya.
8 Documentaries, 30 Short Films. All about poverty, wealth and inequality. Why Poverty? is an international documentary season that uses film to get people talking about hunger and poverty. Over 60 broadcasters are involved.
2010 Oscar Winner for Best Documentary, the film’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008.
The Film examines the history and impact of economic inequality in the third world. It argues that “global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies — in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries”.
Zimbabwe: Shadows and Lies (2006)
The 2006 film exposes how a population struggling with hunger and poverty, and living in fear of a government that has become a brutal dictatorship.