Movies: International aid

  • 1969
    The Price of Aid

    The Price of Aid (1969)

    The Price of Aid

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    Every day the U.S. donates millions of tons of food to famine victims and other starving people in the world's poorest countries. This provocative documentary, through an in-depth case study of a recent famine crisis in Zambia, shows how these aid pr...

    The Price of Aid
  • 2016
    Five Days on Lesvos

    Five Days on Lesvos (2016)

    Five Days on Lesvos

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    As politicians debate and argue, the men, women and children at the heart of the European immigration wave have found themselves caught in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. On the frontline is the Greek island of Lesvos – the first point of entry i...

    Five Days on Lesvos
  • 2011
    The Great Famine

    The Great Famine (2011)

    The Great Famine

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    When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Examine Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration—an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit ...

    The Great Famine
  • 1948
    The Friendship Train

    The Friendship Train (1948)

    The Friendship Train

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    This short film details the history of the 'Friendship Train', created, following the end of World War II, to travel across the United States to collect food for war ravaged countries in Europe....

    The Friendship Train