World leaders pledge to end poverty at Davos. At least when The End Of Poverty? partners with the YesMen on a diabolically clever Davos action! Close examination of the fake website and video manipulations reveals outrageous, elaborate subterfuge.

Serge Latouch, Philippe Diaz, and Susan George at the premiere in France.

Jean-Jacques Beinex and Philippe Diaz at the premiere in France.

Jean-Jacques Beinex and Philippe Diaz at the premiere in France.

Charles Berling who did the voiceover for the French version of the film

Philippe Diaz filming with Eve Jackson his France24 interview.

Philippe Diaz filming with Eve Jackson his France24 interview.

Philippe Diaz filming his France24 interview.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine from Canada was in town on business and stayed with me for the weekend. As we looked through a Los Angeles guidebook, he told me he wanted to make sure we stopped at a Target. Apparently there are no Targets in Canada, and he wanted to buy some clothes there before he left.
I rarely shop at Target (and don’t buy clothes when I do) and I was shocked at how low the prices were for clothes — in many cases, lower than …

Nicole R. from Oregon recently made a donation to sponsor a group of Social Justice students at Portland State University! Thanks to Nicole, 25 college students are now able to see The End of Poverty? for free. As a thank you, Nicole will receive a 50% off coupon for an entire order at the Cinema Libre Store, a copy of  The End of Poverty? DVD and (1) free DVD distributed by Cinema Libre Studio. Thank you Nicole!
If you would like to make a donation to sponsor a group to see …

Philippe Diaz: “I think that movies can help make the world a better place”

by indieWIRE (November 10, 2009)
In his new documentary “The End of Poverty,” filmmaker Philippe Diaz examines the root causes of global poverty and challenges the effectiveness our current economic system. The film opens in New York on November 13 and in Los Angeles on November 25. indieWIRE contacted Diaz via email to discuss the film and his career.
…Read the interview here

Today, Philippe Diaz (director of The End of Poverty? and founder of Cinema Libre Studio) and John Perkins (The Economic Hitman, also featured in The End of Poverty?) were on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.

Click Read the Full story to see the full episode of Democracy Now!.

Thomas Pochari  interviews Philippe Diaz, director of The End of Poverty?, on the radio show World Affairs Monthly.
Listen to World Affairs Monthly interview with Philippe Diaz

Open door policy: L.A. lures Iran crew

‘Wind’s Eye’ completes shoot in America

By PETER CARANICAS

As the American public was riveted by the spectacle of riot police suppressing the massive demonstrations disputing the results of Iran’s June 12 election, one crack appeared in the wall between the two countries.

Surprisingly, Iranian helmer Masoud Jafari Jozani managed to secure visas for members of his cast and crew to travel to and film in the U.S. — the first Iranian production to do so since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

“This would have been impossible a few months ago,” said Jozani from one of his Los Angeles locations. “Obama has changed things.”

Iranian movie cameras roll in US
James Reinl, UN Correspondent (Last Updated: September 13. 2009 10:53PM UAE / September 13. 2009 6:53PM GMT)
NEW YORK // As Washington and Tehran perform a diplomatic dance over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme, one group of Iranian filmmakers has benefited from the apparent thaw in relations between the long-standing enemies.
Masoud Jafari Jozani, an Iranian director, secured a dozen visas to enter the United States and film a movie. “This would have been unheard of a year ago,” said Jozani, who is filming In the Wind’s …