Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

58 mins | Documentary | Nov. 28, 2012

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...

Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

58 mins | Documentary | Nov. 28, 2012

Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
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...
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
Directors Ben Lewis
Writers Ben Lewis

Cast

Shaun Parkes

as Narrator (voice)