Emilie Tamadaho Atchaca (Benin), Solange Koné (Ivory Coast), Jean Victor Lemvo (Congo Brazzaville), Damien Millet (France), Luc Mukendi and Victor Nzuzi (Congo Kinshasa), Sophie Perchellet (France), Aminata Barry Touré (Mali), Eric Toussaint (Belgium), Ibrahim Yacouba (Niger), all members of CADTM www.cadtm.org 1

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SOJOURNERS MAGAZINE – April issue

Reviews
Poverty is No Accident
The End of Poverty? written and directed by Philippe Diaz. Cinema Libre Studio.
review by Kaitlin Barker

Warning: Don’t watch The End of Poverty? (or read about it) if you want to preserve your contentment with your lifestyle and the web of structures—historic and current—that make it possible. If the notion of the United States as empire—and poverty as the direct result of empire—is unpalatable, turn the page quickly. Even if…

The film was just accepted to the Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival (BHRIFF) in Bahrain, which takes place May 1 – 4.

Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival (BHRIFF) is a not-for-profit cultural event dedicated to introduce and promote films related to human rights in the region. It is a unique opportunity to celebrate the cinema related to human rights and offer a link between the international filmmakers, directors and producers with the available talents and…

By Eric Toussaint & Damien Millet (CADTM)

The international crisis that broke in summer 2008 demolished all the neo-liberal dogmas and exposed the deception behind them. Unable to deny their failure, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim they no longer uphold the set of neo-liberal policies known as the Washington Consensus. Yet, discredited though they may be, these two institutions are using the international crisis to return…

Check the new Spring 2009 issue of Documentary Magazine for a full interview with Director Philippe Diaz on poverty. The interview includes behind the scenes info on his new documentary “The End Of Poverty?” and his opinion on how we can make a change.

What follows is the text of the Report submitted by TJN International Secretariat’s director, John Christensen, to the Tax Justice Council Meeting held in Belém, Brazil, on 28th January 2009:

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT

Overview of progress since January 2007

Over the past two years tax justice has shifted from the sidelines of the development debate to the centre stage. This was clearly demonstrated at the Monterrey review conference in November 2008,…

CINEMA LIBRE FOUNDER PHILIPPE DIAZ SELECTED BY MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE AS ONE OF TEN “MOVIEMAKERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE’ FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM ON POVERTY

Honorees Also Include Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon, Gale Ann Hurd, Emanuel Michael, Natalie Portman, Jada…

The End of Poverty? will premiere at The Pan African Film and Arts Festival on 2/7, 2/14, and 2/15 in Los Angeles. Come and see this extraordinary documentary before it’s theatrical release scheduled for September.

The End of Poverty? (2008/US/104min)
Dir: Philippe Diaz
Documentary Feature Competition

The End of Poverty? is a phenomenal discourse on why poverty persists and why the majority of the world’s people live without adequate shelter, food, clothing and little to no access to medical…

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“A sort of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ for global economics…a powerful description of how Western policies since colonialism have subjugated Third World countries.”
-Charles Masters, The Hollywood Reporter

PRECEDENTS FOR CURRENT FINANCIAL IMPLOSION EXPLAINED IN POWERFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY, ‘THE END OF POVERTY?’ CANNES FILM TO PREMIERE IN US AT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY IN DECEMBER AFTER PARTICIPATING IN 12 INTERNATIONAL FESTS AND GLOBAL POVERTY WEEK EVENTS ACROSS THE…