Uses animation and docuemtary footage to establish the concept of living at subsistence level. Shows how vulnerable people are when they need to consume everything they produce in order to survive and points towards the concept of creating a surplus. Suitable for secondary school level.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
507219
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics - Study and teaching
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Food consumption - Developing countries
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Wealth
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Economics - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)