Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty⎜WHY POVERTY?⎜(Documentary)

Do we know what poverty is? The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis’s 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. Director Ben Lewis Producer Femke Volting & Bruno Felix Produced by Subma­rine 2012 This film was originally released as part of THE WHY series WHY POVERTY?. Learn more about the project: __________________________________ About THE WHY We believe free access to information is a human right. To combat unequal access to information THE WHY produces & donates documentaries to underserved countries and distributes them on a sliding fee scale to other broadcasters around the world. Follow us and learn more about our work: • • • •