Are massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa undermining the very communities they aim to benefit?

Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling aid organizations to keep their homes, the film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the people it is intended to benefit. In the rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multi-million dollar rice farm. In Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest squatter community are being demolished as part of a United Nations slum-upgrading project. With a broad scope and intimate style, the film portrays surprising stories of human perseverance.

Filmmakers Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine present

Presented in association with the Fledgling Fund, www.thefledglingfund.org and IFP, www.ifp.org

Film information
Language(s): 
In English and Dholuo and Swahili with English subtitles
Genre: 
Documentary
Year: 
2009
Running time: 
85m
Filmmaker(s): 
Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine
Country of production: 
Kenya
Film external information
Trailer
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Location: 

Walter Reade Theater at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St Purchase tickets [SOLD OUT]

Date and time: 
June 24, 2009 6:30pm +0000