To Catch a Dollar (2010)

Original title

To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America

Directed by

Gayle Ferraro

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus as he works to reduce poverty. It shows the early days of his Grameen Bank model in Bangladesh and then centers on bringing that approach to the United States by starting a program in Queens, New York.

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What happens

To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America is a 2010 documentary film directed and produced by Gayle Ferraro about the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner's ongoing campaign against poverty around the world. It touches on the beginnings of the original Grameen Bank in the 1970s, then focuses primarily on the beginnings of Grameen America's work in the US, especially the launch of its first programs in Queens, New York in 2008. The title of the film comes from a clip of Muhammed Yunus speaking in the film: "In a world where you need a dollar to catch a dollar, you need to have something to help the bottom people to lift themselves up." The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It is expected to open in New York City and Los Angeles in early 2011 and then go into general release in the United States and abroad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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