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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Living on One Dollar (2013)

Four youthful Americans go to a small village in Guatemala to live on the equivalent of $1 per day for 56 days, which sounds challenging, but consider also that the locals do it for a lifetime.
The filmmakers are amateurs but they manage to educate as they experience, because the documentary format can be a more informative teaching aid than a packed schoolroom. Their attempt to capture the effects poverty has on the individual may arguably come from a flawed perspective, but the lens shows reality, which is another word for truth.
My income is 16 times what these people get and I'm considered poor! But I can still give to charity every month. Perhaps you could too?

3½ pieces of paper in a hat out of 5

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