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Sugar Town—The Day After
The film tells the story of how a small community and its environment can fall victim to the forces of disaster capitalism.
The End of Poverty?
This film criticizes the socioeconomic system of the Washington Consensus as being insufficient for overcoming global poverty, and argues that it is based on centuries of exploitation.
Why Poverty? Land Rush
This award-winning documentary follows a controversial sugar development scheme in Mali. Some oppose its claims to offer inclusive development, and see it as a neocolonial venture.
Why Poverty? Stealing Africa
This film examines how a Swiss village profits from a corporation’s majority stake in Zambia’s copper resources, while Zambia remains one of the twenty poorest countries in the world.
Growing Change
This film examines the development of a new, more localized food system in Venezuela.
Roșia Montană
This film follows the inhabitants of an ancient Carpathian village as they resist its destruction by a Romanian-Canadian corporation, which plans to turn it into Europe’s largest mine for gold and silver.
Les Invisibles de Belo Monte [Belo Monte's Invisibles]
This film gives voice to people affected by the development of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, and details the devastating environmental and social consequences of the project.
Coffee To Go: Mit dem Geschmack der Vertreibung [Coffee To Go: With the Taste of Eviction]
This film reports on the eviction of villages near Mubende by the Ugandan army to clear land for a coffee plantation.
When China Met Africa
This film captures the rise of China’s influence in Africa and in Zambia in particular, through the lives of three individuals: a Chinese entrepreneur, a project manager for a Chinese multinational and the Zambian Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry.