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Poverty Inc
Directed byGary Null
Valerie Van Cleve
Written byRichard Gale
Produced byValerie Van Cleve
Richard Gale
CinematographyPeter Bonilla
Edited byNicholas Pulcini
Valerie Van Cleve
Release date
  • 2014 (2014)
Running time112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
This article is about the film by Gary Null. For the film by Michael Matheson Miller, see Poverty Inc (Michael Matheson Miller film).

Poverty Inc is a 2014 documentary film by Gary Null and Valerie Van Cleve, and as the title suggests, it looks at poverty and its causes. It features Chris Hedges, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Robert Reich, and Vandana Shiva.

About the film

The film examines corporate globalism and looks at the signing of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act by Woodrow Wilson and the demise of the Glass-Steagall Act. It follows the recession of 2008 and looks at the non-existence of job security. It looks at the millions of American citizens who are homeless. People are now visiting soup kitchens. Six years later what has happened? There are fifty million Americans living below the the poverty line with 7 million who are surviving on less than $2 a day. The film features in-depth interviews politicians and some of the most well known economists, progressive politicians, It looks at the issues of capitalism and corporate power. And it looks at how things have come to to be as they are in this present day.

Awards

Alaska International Film Awards 2015
  • Best Documentary
Prestige Film Award
  • Gold Award for Documentary Feature
Hoboken International Film Festival
  • Best of the Festival (Jury Award)
San Francisco Film Awards
  • Award of Excellence
Southeastern Fim Festival
  • 2015 Southeastern Film Festival Spotlight

Official selection

  • Laiff Awards - Official Selection April 2015
  • The People's Film Festival May 28-31 2015 Harlem, NY
  • 48th Worldfest Houston

References

  1. The DePaulia Provocative documentary ‘Poverty, Inc.’ premieres at Chicago International Social Change Film Festival
  2. The People's Film Festival Poverty Inc
  3. Long Island Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 26, 2014, POVERTY, INC. AT CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
  4. Worldfest Houston http://worldfest.org/docs/WorldFest_Houston_Program_2015.pdf Page 71, POVERTY INC.
  5. New York Times Movies, Movie Review, The Corporate Creation of a New Class Structure ‘Poverty Inc.’ Paints a Bleak Picture of Life After 2008 By Anita Gates Dec. 4, 2014
  6. Hudson Valley International Film Festival HVIFF 2015 Schedule
  7. New York Times Movies, Movie Review, The Corporate Creation of a New Class Structure ‘Poverty Inc.’ Paints a Bleak Picture of Life After 2008 By Anita Gates Dec. 4, 2014
  8. Alaska International Film Awards 2015 Film and Screenplay Competition Winners
  9. Prestige Film Award Latest Winners
  10. HIFF Winners & Nominees 2015, Best of the Festival (Jury Award)
  11. San Francisco Film Awards The Inaugural San Francisco Film Award Winners: February 2015, Documentary Award of Excellence:
  12. Southeastern Fim Festival 2015 Southeastern Film Festival Spotlight southernfilm • April 5, 2015
  13. Laiff Awards Laiff Awards - Official Selection April 2015
  14. The People's Film Festival May 28-31 2015 Harlem, NY The People's Film Festival May 28-31 2015 Harlem, NY , The People’s Film Festival Announces Its 2015 Lineup
  15. Worldfest Houston http://worldfest.org/docs/WorldFest_Houston_Program_2015.pdf Page 21, Feature Film Schedule Page 21, 23, 24

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