6 videos about poverty

2 short films4 interviews

Living Service

Jayesh Patel, founder of the Indian NGO Manav Sadhna, shows us how the Gandhian principles inspiring the organization are put into practice in the vast slums of Ahmedabad.

(16:43)

The Commodification of Food

People's Grocery director Brahm Amadhi explains how industrialization has changed our relationship to food and agriculture, and describes efforts to change the current system of production to serv

(2:15)

The GreenHouse Project

In the inner-city of Johannesburg, The GreenHouse Project is turning one urban park into a seedbed for sustainable communities.

(4:38)

To Meet As Human Beings

Sister Carmen Barsody describes the realization of interconnectedness experienced by participants in her "street retreats," where people of all walks of life spend a day living on the street

(2:31)

Ubuntu: Part 1

Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the concept of Ubuntu, or a spirit of sharing.

(5:53)

Who are We?

Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion explains that, since the essence of the human being is common to all, the philosophical question, who am I? starts with the wrong premise.

(4:53)