The Trouble with "The Trouble with Aid"

From Africa is a Country Fri Dec 21 2012, 11:00:43

"And the world weeps with them...", narrates the solemn 70s commentator over images of children in Biafra, bloated by kwashiorkor. These are the opening shots of the documentary film, The Trouble With Aid, which screened on the BBC last week, a documentary by Ricardo Pollack problematising the growth of humanitarian aid through an episodic look [...]

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