Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

2012 | 58 minutes | 8.0 ★ (2)

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

  • Release Date

    28 November 2012

  • DirectingBen Lewis
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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