Why Poverty? RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgThu, 23 May 2013 17:47:44 -0400Thu, 23 May 2013 17:47:44 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2296684353/How much is a child’s fate determined by the circumstances and location of its birth? Accepted wisdom has it that much of what happens within 24 hours of a child’s birth dictates that child’s chances of survival and likelihood of health and ability to thrive in the long-term.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296684353/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2296679846/In China, education is considered the only way out of poverty. But as the nation’s higher education system has largely been privatized by for-profit companies, the future for millions of students is bleak. College is less accessible to Chinese youth than ever before, and without it, they are often shut out of well-paid employment opportunities. What will it mean for coming generations and the futuhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2296679846/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2298446394/How much is a child’s fate determined by the circumstances and location of its birth? Accepted wisdom has it that much of what happens within 24 hours of a child’s birth dictates that child’s chances of survival and likelihood of health and ability to thrive in the long-term.http://video.pbs.org/video/2298446394/10/30/2012Watch Welcome to the World on Wednesday, November 28 at 8p (check local listings)nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2306452188/In China, education is considered the only way out of poverty. But as the nation’s higher education system has largely been privatized by for-profit companies, the future for millions of students is bleak.http://video.pbs.org/video/2306452188/11/19/2012Watch Education, Education on Wednesday, November 28 at 7p (check local listings)tv-pgNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2296684944/For the whole of modern civilization, humans have attempted and failed to eradicate poverty. What can we learn from generations of failed efforts? Using a combination of animation, archival material, live action, anecdote, and humor, Poor Us looks at mankind’s periodic efforts to alleviate poverty with the hope that we will get a better sense of how to move forward.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296684944/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2298444764/Animating Poverty Through the Ageshttp://video.pbs.org/video/2298444764/10/30/2012Watch Poor Us on Tuesday, November 27 at 7p (check local listings)nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2298442946/Africa produces 10 percent less food than it did in 1960. With the rise of monoculture farming and globalized food production, the landscape of the continent is shifting and threatening its ability to feed itself. In Mali, an American plan for a vast sugar cane operation on the banks of the Niger River threatens small-scale native rice farmers who have fed their communities for generations.http://video.pbs.org/video/2298442946/10/30/2012Watch Land Rush on Tuesday, November 27 at 8p (check local listings)nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2296680847/Africa produces 10 percent less food than it did in 1960. With the rise of monoculture farming and globalized food production, the landscape of the continent is shifting and threatening its ability to feed itself. In Mali, an American plan for a vast sugar cane operation on the banks of the Niger River threatens small-scale native rice farmers who have fed their communities for generations.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296680847/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2296675180/Stealing Africa asks the question: Are multinational corporations bleeding Africa dry?http://video.pbs.org/video/2296675180/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2296682490/Can celebrity be a force for positive change? Go behind the scenes of the global campaigns associated with rock stars, including Bono’s Drop the Debt and Bob Geldof’s Make Poverty History, and investigate the unprecedented successes, challenges, and legacies of these campaigns.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296682490/10/25/2012Watch this film now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2306470989/In an age of global trade, multinational corporations motivated by maximizing profit often end up working against the interests of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.http://video.pbs.org/video/2306470989/11/19/2012Watch Stealing Africa on Monday, November 26 at 8p (check local listings)tv-pgNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2298435554/Is the Cult of Celebrity a Form of Currency?http://video.pbs.org/video/2298435554/10/30/2012Watch GIve Us the Money on Monday, November 26 at 7p (check local listings)nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2296684923/Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America's richest citizens have "rigged the game in their favor," and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296684923/10/25/2012A point-of-view film by Alex Gibneytv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2296683172/Rafea is 30 years old with four children and a husband who is eager to take a third wife. She is a Bedouin woman living in a small Jordanian village close to the desert. With encouragement from the country's Ministry of Environment, she leaves her village for the first time to go to the Barefoot College in India to train to become a solar-energy engineer.http://video.pbs.org/video/2296683172/10/25/2012Watch the full episode now!tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2019-11-05http://video.pbs.org/video/2298422750/Why do a billion people still live in poverty worldwide, and what can be done to change this? Why Poverty? uses documentary film to get people talking about this critical problem, its causes, and its solutions. These eight films are co-productions of ITVS and STEPS International, and are part of a global cross-media project aimed at raising awareness of poverty in America and around the world.http://video.pbs.org/video/2298422750/10/30/2012Watch Why Poverty? on WORLD and PBS Video!nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotion