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Day 76 - Project Status Check
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| Day 76 - Project Status Check |
| 04.17.04 (5:58 pm) [edit] |
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It's been over a month since I posted any detailed info on my (still untitled) documentary, and the film has seen quite a metamorphosis since then. Although the underlying themes of the project remain the same, just getting out and shooting footage has resulted in much of the film clarifying itself to me. It's reached the point where I think I can post a breakdown of the basic objectives for this production:
(If for some reason you would rather read the full 10- page version of my project proposal, click here.)
For years, the problem of world hunger has been associated with a simple solution: increasing the world's food production. This way of thinking has resulted in a relentless capitilization and expansion of America's agriculture, and the trend continues today. But the reality is that people are not hungry in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, or Guatemala because the world suffers from any form of a shortage.
In fact, the problem very much the opposite - people are starving because there is too much food in the world today. The massive industrialized farms of America and Europe have driven the cost of food so low that developing countries - including all but four on the African continent - can no longer profit from their agricultural production. There is enough food on the planet to provide every person with 4.3 pounds per day - including a pound each of vegetables and meat - but millions of people living on less than a dollar a day can afford none of it.
 
The reality is that 24,000 people die every day from hunger- related causes - not because there is no food for them to have, but because that food is being controlled by the wrong people and they are not given access to it. I personally feel that there are solutions out there that can address this problem, but no one has supported them with an argument that is convincing enough to inspire any sort of change. This is the largest goal of my film.
Obviously the WFP is not the party that is responsible for the situation, but using them as the central subject in the film gives me access to a broad range of people who are affected by this man- made crisis. The method is proving very effective, and I am confident that the film will create a very compelling portrait of the world's food markets. Now if I only I could think of a good title for it....
DL Fitch
512 Blogmaster
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posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 04.26.04 (5:28 am)
you should sell it to Fox
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