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This Friday, SEE the new film that NY audiences scrambled to witness!  Begins its one-week run at Edwards University Town Center 6 in Irvine and continues at Laemmle’s Monica 4-Plex in Santa Monica for a second week.  The first film ever to connect the dots between colonialism, globalization and poverty and show that poverty is not an accident.

“****..EXCELLENT”
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze.com

“POWERFUL”
Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“…should be required viewing by every politician in the world.”
Eric Monder, Film Journal International

“Simply the finest documentary …

Panel discussion
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience. The panelists will be:
Irene Khan – Secretary General of Amnesty International
Clare Short, MP – Former Secretary of State for Intl Development
John Hilary – Executive Director of War on Want
Philippe Diaz – The award-winning director of the film
Colin Prescod – Chair of the Institute of Race Relations
More info here: http://www.stwr.org/endofpoverty/
Get your tickets in advance – expected to be capacity: http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/regular_strands/previews/uk_premiere_the_end_of_poverty

New York Times
By ANDREW RICE
Published: November 16, 2009
Dr. Robert Zeigler, an eminent American botanist, flew to Saudi Arabia in March for a series of high-level discussions about the future of the kingdom’s food supply. Saudi leaders were frightened: heavily dependent on imports, they had seen the price of rice and wheat, their dietary staples, fluctuate violently on the world market over the previous three years, at one point doubling in just a few months. The Saudis, rich in oil money but poor in arable land, were groping for a strategy …

The critically-acclaimed documentary film, THE END OF POVERTY? comes to Los Angeles starting Weds. 11/25 in two theatres!  The film was produced and is distributed by the truly independent Cinema Libre Studio based here in LA.  Check out the special group rates below!
 “****..EXCELLENT”
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze.com
 “…should be required viewing by every politician in the world.”
Eric Monder, Film Journal International
 “I feel confident in stating that there is no sharper critic of the capitalist system in the film world than Philippe Diaz. This amazing movie not only explains how global inequality has …

The End of Poverty? has an impressive debut in New York

The Office of the Americas and Cinema Libre Studio are proud to present a special preview/benefit screening of THE END OF POVERTY? after premiering in New York to sold out audiences and before its Los Angeles theatrical run. This eye-opening documentary is a powerful analysis on why global poverty still exists and how our current economic system, since colonization, favors the wealthy and exploits the poor.

The film, narrated by Martin Sheen, has been accepted to over 25 international festivals and has received much critical acclaim.

LOS ANGELES (November 2009) – In February, the World Bank issued a stunning report: the spreading global economic crisis is set to trap up to 53 million more people in poverty in developing countries bringing the total of those living on less than $2 a day to over 1.5 billion. This dynamic, where the rich are bailed out – or financed – by the poor is the focal point of a new documentary film which will premiere Friday, November 13 in New York City at the Village East Cinema, followed by a nationwide platform release.

Presented by the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia,
in New York on November 11

The Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia is sponsoring an advance preview of The End Of Poverty?, a powerful new feature length documentary narrated by Award-winning actor Martin Sheen which will be released nationwide in theatres beginning in November.

The screening will take place at the United Nations Building, Room 4 on Thursday, November 11 starting at 6:30pm.

A panel discussion with Ambassador Pablo Solon, film director and founder of …

The current economic downturn is affecting a cross-section of American families beyond those traditionally categorized as relying on food-stamps assistance.

Re-post of PovertyNewsBlog: The cost of the anti-malaria drug Artemisinin combination therapy is more than poor people can afford.