Analysis Of The Documentary 'End Of Poverty'
In the documentary entitled “End of poverty” they conveyed numerous people who lived in various countries such as Africa, Bolivia, Brazil and many others that live in treacherous conditions. Majority of the people who live in this slave like conditions work for very little money or no money at all. In exchange for their labor they receive food or shelter in return. To begin, in the beginning of the documentary a man named Luciana along with his family were first introduced. Luciana has been unemployed for five years, while he tries to provide for a family of six including himself. For a living Luciana sells bottles for fifty cents a day and brings home what he can for his family. His family lives in a room located in a basement as they struggle
to make ends meet. Due to his living conditions, you have to wonder if things will ever improve for them but the way the economy was designed under the rule of colonialism it makes it difficult for the people who lives in these countries to ever prosper with their financial needs not being met. Another group of individuals that the documentary conveyed were the cutters. The cutters were a group of people that work in the fields cutting sugar cane for thirty four cents a day which equals up 6.50 a week and 27.50 a month which is nearly not enough money to support a family. In modern day society twenty dollars cannot support a whole family and these men have to take this home to support their family. One of the men that is a cutter when he makes money he cannot feed himself because if he does his family will suffer due to lack of money. In short, he does not have enough money to feed himself along with feeding his family. Lastly, a group of miners that has a mini museum in a mine paying homage to the people that came before them. In the years before under the rule La Mita people were forced to live in mines for six months without seeing the light of day. They had to eat and sleep there, in result, many of the miners died. To conclude, due to the fact that colonialism exploits the economy and have political control over the country it is very difficult for settlers to make a decent living for their family and I believe as long as the countries remain under colonialism rule there will be no change.
to make ends meet. Due to his living conditions, you have to wonder if things will ever improve for them but the way the economy was designed under the rule of colonialism it makes it difficult for the people who lives in these countries to ever prosper with their financial needs not being met. Another group of individuals that the documentary conveyed were the cutters. The cutters were a group of people that work in the fields cutting sugar cane for thirty four cents a day which equals up 6.50 a week and 27.50 a month which is nearly not enough money to support a family. In modern day society twenty dollars cannot support a whole family and these men have to take this home to support their family. One of the men that is a cutter when he makes money he cannot feed himself because if he does his family will suffer due to lack of money. In short, he does not have enough money to feed himself along with feeding his family. Lastly, a group of miners that has a mini museum in a mine paying homage to the people that came before them. In the years before under the rule La Mita people were forced to live in mines for six months without seeing the light of day. They had to eat and sleep there, in result, many of the miners died. To conclude, due to the fact that colonialism exploits the economy and have political control over the country it is very difficult for settlers to make a decent living for their family and I believe as long as the countries remain under colonialism rule there will be no change.