Should you watch Living on One Dollar?
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Living on One Dollar
Documentary · 2013
How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.
The sides of Living on One Dollar
- Four students living on a dollar a day
- A village in rural Guatemala
- Neighbours named Rosa, Anthony and Chino
Living on One Dollar is good for you if…
- you want to see what poverty means day to day.
- you like four friends going through it together.
- you like a sincere film that wants you to act.
Living on One Dollar is bad for you if…
- you can't watch hunger and illness up close.
- you want the politics and money behind poverty, and this stays with four students in one village.
About: poverty · generosity · privilege
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