Episode III: Enjoy Poverty (2009)

Who owns poverty?

Run Time: 1h30m | Release: 04 Jun 2009

Production Countries: Netherlands, Belgium

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Overview:

An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens single-handedly undertakes an epic journey and launches an emancipatory program that helps the poor become aware of what is their primary capital resource: Poverty. After three years of traveling through the Democratic Republic of the Congo he asks the question: "Who owns poverty?