Stealing Africa

Stealing Africa (2012)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2012-11-28
  • User Rating: 8.9/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Guldbrandsen Film
  • Production Country: Zambia, Switzerland
  • Director: Christoffer Guldbrandsen
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Summary

Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they've extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world. So why hasn't copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia's case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens. Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That's enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year. For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools, pensions and infrastructure. Money that would make them less reliant on aid.

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  • Christoffer Guldbrandsen

    as Narrator
  • Bernhard Elsener

    as Self
  • Ivan Glasenberg

    as Self
  • Marc Rich

    as Self
  • Eva Joly

    as Self
  • Wylbur Simuusa

    as Self
  • Frederick Chiluba

    as Self (archives footage)
  • Jan Isaksen

    as Self
Production Mette Hoffman Meyer Executive Producer
Directing Christoffer Guldbrandsen Director
Crew Christoffer Guldbrandsen Script
Production Henrik Veileborg Producer
Writing Niels Borchert Holm Writer

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