Poverty, Inc. presented some facts that I feel I should have known already but for some reason did not. For one, the images of Africa that are presented in the media show Africans as helpless, an image that goes back centuries. Also, the African economy is hurt by all these well-intentioned charities giving out goods and essentially making people dependent on handouts. The people of Africa are smart and resilient, when they are allowed to run their own economy the results would show the world that they are just as capable of creating prosperity as any other nation. The film itself is obviously a passion project, I could see all the effort the director and producers put in as they truly want the world to realize that a lot of the supposed help various organizations give Africa is actually hurting the people.

In essence, James Brown said it best, “I don’t want nobody to give me nothing, open up the door, I’ll get it myself.”