Underplayed Gems

Sweet Poison (2012)

Sweet Poison poster
Original title
Süsses Gift - Hilfe als Geschäft
Directed by
Peter Heller
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
0
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary looks at three development projects from the 1980s in Africa. It shows who profited and who lost out from a Norwegian fish processing plant in Kenya, a dam in Mali, and a cotton industry in Tanzania.

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What happens

Süßes Gift – Hilfe als Geschäft ist ein deutscher Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 2012. Der Film zeigt die Umsetzung und Auswirkungen von drei Entwicklungsprojekten aus den 1980er Jahren in Afrika sowie deren Profiteure und Verlierer aus heutiger Sicht. Ein norwegisches Entwicklungshilfeprojekt unter Führung der NORAD, zum Aufbau einer fischverarbeitenden Industrie in Kenia, Turkanaland. Das Manantali Staudamm-Projekt in Mali. Aufbau einer Baumwoll-Industrie in Tansania. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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