Summary: Elderly Nana Chinegowe is left to care for her three orphaned grandchildren. Other than occasional casual work as a day laborer, she has no mean to support them and they often go without food. This film tells the story of Malawi's ultra poor, and investigates the Millennium Development Goals of reducing maternal mortality, hunger, and poverty.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Vietnam, one of the few Marxist-Leninist states, is still standing. The Communist Party of Vietnam faithfully represents the rights and interests of the working class and the nation. Just over thirty years after the country was devastated by war, leaving between one and two million dead, its economy is storming ahead. In 1993, poverty levels were at 58%; now that figure has dropped to 12%.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This film explores how Indris Seid Yimer and Emyet Assen Woraki's lives have been transformed since 1984, when their Wollo area community was engulfed in a famine described by BBC journalist Michael Buerk as "the closest thing to hell on Earth." Featuring contributions from entrepreneur Samuel Alemu and financier Ermyas Amelga and showcasing the UNESCO World Heritage site in Lalibela.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012