Cinema Libre Studio would like to announce that THE END OF POVERTY? has arrived to Sacramento!! This documentary film has film critics and social justice activists worldwide raving, it has been called; Simply the finest documentary ever made about global inequality. (It) Puts the victims of the capitalist system in the forefront and allows them to tell their stories. -Louis Proyect, The Unrepentant Marxist The End of Poverty? asks why today 20% of the planet's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate? Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? Think again. This daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, reveals that poverty is not an accident. Narrated by Award-winning actor and activist, Martin Sheen, this powerful film 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 END OF POVERTY? film was produced by Cinema Libre Studio and the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. Crest Theatre www.thecrest.com 1013 K Street Sacramento, CA 95814-3803 (916) 442-5189
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