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Cast
Martin Sheen
as Self - Narrator
John Christensen
as Self
John Perkins
as Self
Álvaro García Linera
as Self - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen
as Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander
as Self - Professor & Historian
Eric Toussaint
as Self - Author & President of CADTM
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo
as Self - Author & Law Professor
Jaime De Amorim
as Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
Miriam Campos
as Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2008
Runtime1h 46m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes10
DirectorPhilippe Diaz
WritersPhilippe Diaz
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.9 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe End of Poverty?
About The End of Poverty?
The End of Poverty? asks if the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times which has evolved into our modern system whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor. People living and fighting against poverty answer condemning colonialism and its consequences; land grab, exploitation of natural resources, debt, free markets, demand for corporate profits and the evolution of an economic system in in which 25% of the world's population consumes 85% of its wealth. Featuring Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz, authors/activist Susan George, Eric Toussaint, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and more.
Directed by Philippe Diaz, The End of Poverty? leans on a strong ensemble — Martin Sheen, John Christensen, John Perkins — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2008.
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