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Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty

Episode 5 of 8

Ben Lewis's funny, sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define what poverty looks like today and question whether it is inevitable.

Do we know what poverty is? Throughout human existence, the poor have always been with us. Beginning with the Neolithic age, Ben Lewis's funny and sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define what poverty looks like today and question whether it is inevitable.

A 成人快手 Storyville film, produced in partnership with the Open University, Poor Us screens as part of Why Poverty? - when the 成人快手, in conjunction with more than 70 broadcasters around the world, hosts a debate about contemporary poverty. The global cross-media event sees the same eight films screened in 180 countries to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty.

1 hour

Credits

Role Contributor
Director Ben Lewis
Producer Femke Wolting
Series Editor Nick Fraser

Broadcast

Go to The Open University鈥檚 Why Poverty? website

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成人快手 Four's Why Poverty? Debate

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