Hunger

With genetically modified crops, technological progress, global warming and demand for raw materials, the world at the start of the 20th century is changing dramatically, primarily to cater to the needs of the rich. The already miserable standard of living in poor countries continues to deteriorate in tandem with these changes. Whereas the biggest problem in the USA is obesity, just a few kilometres to the south in Haiti, there are people who are so poor that they have to sell their own children into slavery. Moreover, in Brazil, corrupt politicians look on as insatiable timber companies continue chopping down the Amazon rainforest, thereby contributing to global warming. This results in more frequent and deadly droughts in sub-Saharan Africa. In India, thousands of farmers eagerly embrace the dream of genetically modified rice. But when it doesn't rain, they don't even get the same harvest that they used to in the past. Hunger is a film that takes a detailed and shocking look at people and communities on three continents trapped by current international circumstances.

The screening will be followed by an audience discussion with Marie Thérèse Toe and Inoussa Maiga from Burkina Faso.