Movie Night in Milwaukee featuring Poverty, Inc.

“I see multiple colonial governors,” says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. “We are held captive by the donor community.”

The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better.

Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change.

Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.

From TOMs Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, the film challenges each of us to ask the tough question: Could I be part of the problem?

Make plans to join us on April 22 at the historical Oriental Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a special, one night only pre-screening of the Award-Winning film, Poverty, Inc., and learn how the business of doing good can harm the very people it is intended to help. PovertyCure and Acton Institute staff members will be available after the viewing for any conversation, dialogue or questions.