Good Fortune

Are massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa undermining the very communities they aim to benefit?

Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling aid organizations to keep their homes, the film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the people it is intended to benefit. In the rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multi-million dollar rice farm. In Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest squatter community are being demolished as part of a United Nations slum-upgrading project. With a broad scope and intimate style, the film portrays surprising stories of human perseverance.

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