Sweet Poison – Aid as Business
A film by Peter Heller
90 Min., 2014
500 billion US dollars in a half-century — and no end to the aid is in sight. Countries with highest value of aid belong to the poorest now. An increasing number of African economic experts criticise this flood of aid.
Our documentary film project follows the voices of protest in Africa.
A timeless illustrative documentary on the problems of development aid in Africa. The USA under Trump has cut development aid by 9 trillion dollars and disbanded the emergency aid organization USAID. Europe and the West will follow suit. Is this the right way to go?
