Why Poverty?
2012•58m
Documentary
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
November 19, 2012
Last Aired
December 5, 2012
Networks
BBC Four, PBS
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Four Born Every Second
Air date: 2012-11-19
Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.
E2
Give Us the Money
Air date: 2012-11-25
A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
E3
Stealing Africa
Air date: 2012-11-26
An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
E4
Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream
Air date: 2012-11-27
How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
E5
Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty
Air date: 2012-11-28
Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
E6
Solar Mamas
Air date: 2012-12-02
A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.
E7
The Great Land Rush
Air date: 2012-12-04
How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
E8
China's Ant People
Air date: 2012-12-05
Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.
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