Poverty, Inc followed by a Q+A with Producer Mark Weber

Activity Type: 
Film
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Date: 
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 16:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium
Cost: 
Free

Poverty, Inc. is an award-winning documentary that critically examines the multibillion dollar aid industry. The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Student Government Board
Pitt Nourish International
Pitt Global Brigades
Office of the Provost's Year of the Humanitites Initiative