With The Current Economic System, Will We Ever See "The End of Poverty?

A new documentary film, 'The End of Poverty?' distributed by Cinema Libre Studio, that examines the increase in global poverty as the byproduct of free market economics, will screen at the United Nations on November 11. Following the premiere in New York at Village East Cinema on November 13, the film will open in select cities nationwide.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 11, 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.

The End of Poverty? connects the dots from colonialism to modern times in an indictment of the creation of the free market system - the system now blamed for the worst global recession in decades.

The film will screen at the United Nations on Wednesday, November 11 in an event sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. A panel discussion will follow examining effective, true solutions with Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon; film director and founder of Cinema Libre Studio, Philippe Diaz; Lew Daly, author (Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking our Common Inheritance) and Senior Fellow at the non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization, D mos; Mark Winston Griffith, Board Member of Free Speech TV; and Clifford Cobb, Executive Producer of the film.

Why Global Poverty?, a companion book to the film, will be published on November 27 by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. The book features the full transcripts from over 70 interviews as well as a narrative written by the director, Philippe Diaz, that provides a history of the development of the film and a context for the interviews and locations filming in South America and Africa.

Film Synopsis: Narrated by Martin Sheen, The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in forced labor and the seizure of land and minerals. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies -- in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of poor, developing countries such that today 20% of the planet's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate.

The documentary features: Nobel prize winners in economics Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz; expert authors John Perkins ("Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"), Chalmers Johnson ("Nemesis: The Last Days of the America Republic"), Brookings Institute fellow and author, William Easterly ("White Man's Burden"); and government ministers such as Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera/ (Produced by Cinema Libre Studio with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 104mins, 2008, USA, documentary in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese with English Subtitles)

The film is slated for a nationwide theatrical release in Los Angeles (CA), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), Portland (OR), and Austin (TX) with additional markets to follow.

Official website is http://www.TheEndofPoverty.com
View Trailer: http://alturl.com/u47j

"Powerful and moving; it will make you shake your head with disbelief…it may even enrage you."
-    Tim Rhys, MovieMaker Magazine

"A scathing portrayal of the root causes of poverty that moves you to question the very notion of 'development' and to join the global movement for justice, cooperation and sharing."
- Rajesh Makwana, Director, Share The World's Resources

About Cinema Libre Studio:
Cinema Libre Studio has been a leader in the distribution social issue films that tackle timely issues. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company is best known for distributing social-issue documentaries that include: Outfoxed, Uncovered, WMD: Weapon's of Mass Deception, Darfur Diaries, The Future of Food, A River of Waste, Desert Bayou and The Beautiful Truth. Recently, the company has released the films of French auteur Jean-Jacques Beineix, partnered with Iranian director Masoud Jafari Jozani and is in pre-production on a feature film, The Last Days of Karl Marx. For more information, please visit www.cinemalibrestudio.com.

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