Enjoy Poverty

Enjoy Poverty(2009)

06/04/2009 (US)Documentary1h 30m
6.0

"Who owns poverty?"

Overview

An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens single-handedly undertakes an epic journey and launches an emancipatory program that helps the poor become aware of what is their primary capital resource: Poverty. After three years of traveling through the Democratic Republic of the Congo he asks the question: "Who owns poverty?

Renzo Martens

Writer

Renzo Martens

Director