Stealing Africa (2012)
• November 28th, 2012 • 0h 52min
Documentary
Overview
Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they've extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world. So why hasn't copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia's case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens. Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That's enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year. For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools, pensions and infrastructure. Money that would make them less reliant on aid.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Land Without Bread
Released on: 1933-12-01
Documentary
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Megacities
Released on: 1998-08-12
Documentary
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
Fish Story
Released on: 2013-11-16
Documentary
J and Jacky are good friends who attend the same school. J is from a single-parent family, and will ...
Memory Books
Released on: 2008-05-01
Documentary
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
TUNAHAKI
Released on: 2010-03-09
Documentary
Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey...
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Released on: 2003-01-21
Documentary
Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer ...
The Salt Mines
Released on: 1990-10-01
Documentary
Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived o...
Der grosse Kanton
Released on: 2013-05-16
Comedy, Documentary
Is the solution to Switzerland's future to integrate Germany into the confederation? After all, like...
The Point
Released on: 1978-06-10
Documentary
This documentary is a portrait of Point St. Charles, one of Montreal’s notoriously bleak neighbourho...
Dawn of the Damned
Released on: 1965-07-05
Documentary, History, Drama
This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...
Arada
Released on: 2021-05-27
Documentary
The story of three Turkish men. They all grew up in Switzerland and all got deported after various c...
Mobutu, King of Zaire
Released on: 1999-06-02
Documentary
This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses ...
Hell
Released on: 2019-10-16
Documentary
Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: ...
How the Berlin Worker Lives
Released on: 1930-12-31
Documentary
This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows throu...
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
Released on: 2007-03-30
Documentary
In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the E...
Cuba and the Cameraman
Released on: 2017-09-08
Documentary
This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected ...
Africa Light / Gray Zone
Released on: 2010-01-30
Documentary, Adventure
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...