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3 Jan 2013 · Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages. And when you awake, what can you...
20 Nov 2012 · Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty: Directed by Ben Lewis. With Shaun Parkes, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Joseph Stiglitz, Esther Duflo. An animated documentary that takes a look at humanity's efforts to alleviate poverty.
A selection of scenes from the feature documentary Poor Us; a film that takes the viewer through thousands of years of poverty. For this film I directed the roughly 32.5 minutes of animation, creating storyboards and concept art, overseeing art direction and animation production.
28 Nov 2012 · “Poor Us” is a global overview of the history of the poor people, from 10,000BC to today’s era of globalisation. Animation, interviews, motion graphics and archive are combined in this innovative, mould-breaking documentary which imagines the history of poverty as a never-ending dream – nightmare.
In this documentary packed with animation, various historians and economists discuss key moments in our history that explain something fundamental about poverty and wealth.
26 Mac 2013 · Summary: This exquisitely animated documentary tells a sweeping social history of world poverty. You, the viewer, are the protagonist in this film floating through the meandering jet stream of world history. "If we want to make poverty history," the narrator explains, "then first, we need to understand the history of poverty."
A playful animated documentary featuring interviews with experts about why extreme poverty still exists, despite our growing wealth.
