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RUNNING TIME:
26 minutes
GRADE LEVEL: High school and up
DVD/VHS:
Home
use, libraries, high schools, community groups: $29.95
Colleges/universities,
public performance: $99.95
PRAISE FOR:
ARMS FOR THE POOR
"Arms
for the Poor exposes the U.S. policy of selling
weapons to 'almost anybody who will buy them,'
and shows the devastating impact this policy
has on the world’s poorest people. It
is deeply disturbing to learn that 32 top executives
and major shareholders from the arms industry
have been appointed to top defense positions
in the Bush Administration."
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Ph.D.
Writer, Theologian, Teacher |
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Arms for the Poor
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Narrated by Richard Kiley.
In unveiling the murky world of U.S. weapons exports to developing countries, this documentary exposes the present-day influence of the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower cautioned about when he left office. “It is not about geopolitical strategy . . . it’s simply about greed and a hustle to the developing world,” says one Globe journalist.
Arms for the Poor goes beyond politics and economics to ask whether the arms trade might be killing America’s national soul. While the poor need housing, education, and health care, U.S. taxpayers support an already-immense military budget that is growing larger deal by deal. The film presents an international spectrum of experts, dignitaries, and activists (Oscar Arias, U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and the Dalai Lama, among them) who maintain, along with one Nobel laureate, that “the poor are crying out for schools and doctors, not guns and generals.”
Awards
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Harry Chapin Media Award
Broadcasts
PBS
Screenings and Festivals
On Capitol Hill for members of Congress
Documentary film series sponsored by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
United Nations Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
Seven Islands International Film Festival; Amnesty International Film Festival (Seattle, WA)
Human Rights Film Festival (Wellington, Australia)
Monterey Bay Film Festival
How to use this film
Arms for the Poor is
part of our Connecting the Dots series, which shows how
policies carried out by the industrialized world create poverty
and suffering in the developing world. These documentaries are
thought-provoking resources on the global dimensions of social
and environmental justice. Click here to read a review of this
series by Virginia
Ramey Mollenkott, Ph.D.
Specific suggestions for showing our films in your community can be found under Using Our Documentaries. For additional information on the arms trade, we suggest the following websites:
Center For Defense Information
www.cdi.org
Council for a Livable World
www.clw.org
Federation of American Scientists
www.fas.org
Global Issues
www.globalissues.org
Nuclear Policy Research Institute
www.nuclearpolicy.org
Pax Christi USA
www.paxchristiusa.org
Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org
World Policy Institute
www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms
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