Billions in Change (2015)
A film about inventions with a purpose.
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 43M
Sinopse
The world is facing some huge problems. There’s a lot of talk about how to solve them. But talk doesn’t reduce pollution, or grow food, or heal the sick. That takes doing. This film is the story about a group of doers, the elegantly simple inventions they have made to change the lives of billions of people, and the unconventional billionaire spearheading the project.
Discurso definitivo com Noam Chomsky, amplamente considerado como o intelectual vivo mais importante, sobre a característica definidora do nosso tempo - a concentração deliberada da riqueza e do poder nas mãos de uns poucos escolhidos.
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Denúncia à exploração no interior dos Estados Unidos pelas companhias elétricas em busca de gás natural.
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Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, many of whom worked their way up the corporate ladder..
New film, New Ideas New Inventions. Billions in Change 2 shows how simple life-changing inventions provide clean water, electricity, and improve the lives of farmers. See how these inventions will enable the unlucky half of the world to improve their lives.
