By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – Tue Oct 20, 8:41 am ET
WASHINGTON – The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed.
A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government’s official figure.
The disparity occurs because of differing formulas the Census Bureau and the National Academy of Science use for calculating the poverty rate. The …

Come out for a 25-minute preview of the forthcoming documentary and for a discussion with director Diaz and journalist Arun Gupta. The film draws a straight line between global inequities and the history of military conquest, slavery and colonization. They’ll also be giving away a limited number of tickets to see the film in theaters.
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Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair …

Theatrical roll-out includes the following theatres/cities:

NEW YORK – Starts November 13
City Cinemas Village East Cinema (181-189 Second Ave. (@ 12th St.)
LOS ANGELES  – Starts (Wednesday)  November 25
Laemmle’s Sunset 5 (8000 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 90046)
Culver Plaza Theatres (9919 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 90232)
PORTLAND, OR – Starts December 4
Living Room Theaters (341 SW Tenth Avenue, Portland, OR 97205)
SEATTLE, WA – Starts December 4
Regal Meridian 16 (1501 7th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101)
AUSTIN, TX – Starts December 18
Regal Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills (9828 Great Hills Trail Suite 800, Austin, TX 78759)
Don’t …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“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

THE ECONOMIC CRISES PUSHES AN ADDITIONAL 53 MILLION PEOPLE INTO POVERTY

WILL WE EVER SEE ‘THE END OF POVERTY?’
A NEW DOCUMENTARY OPENING IN U.S. THEATRES STARTING NOVEMBER 13
PROVIDES THE ANSWER
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LOS ANGELES (October 2009) – In February, the World Bank issued this stunning report: the spreading global economic crisis is set to trap up to 53 million more people in …

Screens September 24 @ 19:00 in Brussles
Details here: http://www.festivalmillenium.org/index_eng.html
Location: Vendome theatre
Street: Chaussée de Wavre 18, 1050 Ixelles [Metro 2 Porte de Namur]
Map to theatre: http://www.festivalmillenium.org/programmation/vendome.html

We are off and running with our US theatrical release coming in November. If you are interested in bringing the film to your town you can Demand It here: http://eventful.com/performers/the-end-of-poverty-/P0-001-000214139-1/demand