Can documentaries and feature films further debate on development and widen popular engagement? Or are they trapped by conventions that dumb down and dramatise complex issues?
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
- 3/10/2011
- by Jaz Cummins, Claire Provost
- The Guardian - Film News
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