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Bonnie Weinstein wrote: > > The End of Poverty? > > A Movie Review By Bonnie Weinstein > The End of Poverty? > Written and Directed By Philippe Diaz; Produced By Beth Portello; > Narrated by Martin Sheen. > A Cinema Libre Studio Production. > > I urge you to see this movie and bring friends. Even though it claims > not to be pro-socialist, it is a real condemnation of capitalism. > While the overall message is that, through theft, oppression, war, > pillaging, assassination, and massive "privatization" and selling off > of all natural resources including air and water, in the countries in > the southern hemisphere going back to 1492, the west is too > materialistic and individuals must begin "de-growth," i.e., all of us > in the wealthiest northern hemisphere must make a personal commitment > to drastically scale back on our consumption in order to share the > wealth with the rest of the world—the overwhelming majority of whom > live in poverty. > Yes, this is an amazing movie that I reviewed a while back: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/the-end-of-poverty/ I would also strongly recommend an earlier movie by these folks that is available from Netflix: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/the-empire-in-africa/ I have known the producer Beth Portello for nearly a decade now through email exchanges and can say without hesitation that she and Philippe are two of the most principled anti-imperialists in the film industry today. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
