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Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

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The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages.…

DirectorBen Lewis
WriterBen Lewis

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Cast · Directed by Ben Lewis

SPShaun Parkes
Shaun Parkes
Narrator (voice)

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Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 16, 2013. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.