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Poor Us – An Animated History of Poverty
Director
Ben Lewis
Producer
Femke Volting
Cinematographers
Ben Lewis
Chris Dixon
Frank Lehmann
Martijn van Beenen
Editor
Bert Hunger
Sound
Matt Legreca
Contact
<p>Submarine
Rapenburgerstraat 109
1011 VL Amsterdam
+31.20.330 1226
[email protected]</p>
2012
Netherlands
58 min
Color, Black & White
The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age Ben Lewis’ 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…
Directors' Biography
<p>Ben Lewis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and art critic. His films have been commissioned by the BBC, Arte and a long list of broadcasters from Europe, North America and Australia. Many of his documentaries and series have covered highly topical subjects, provoking public and political debate.</p>
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