Hungry for Profit (1985) (excerpt)
Title
Hungry for Profit (1985) (excerpt)
Subject
Argibusiness
Famines
URL
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Description
Content Description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600666/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl) :
"Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS independent documentary investigates U.S. and European agribusiness in the Third World. Filmed on five continents, it takes a close look at agribusiness, which is turning the world's food supply into a global supermarket, buying food at the lowest prices-regardless of small farmers and local populations-and selling it at the highest price and the greatest profit whenever possible."
—Robert Richter
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. "9:00 Non Fiction Television (CC) "Hungry For Profit"--This documentary explores the relationship of agribusiness to hunger in the third world. The filmmakers travelled to Central America, Latin America, Africa and Asia to cover this important story." Handwritten: "Under Cover, 12 June, 1985."
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"Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS independent documentary investigates U.S. and European agribusiness in the Third World. Filmed on five continents, it takes a close look at agribusiness, which is turning the world's food supply into a global supermarket, buying food at the lowest prices-regardless of small farmers and local populations-and selling it at the highest price and the greatest profit whenever possible."
—Robert Richter
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. "9:00 Non Fiction Television (CC) "Hungry For Profit"--This documentary explores the relationship of agribusiness to hunger in the third world. The filmmakers travelled to Central America, Latin America, Africa and Asia to cover this important story." Handwritten: "Under Cover, 12 June, 1985."
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Robert Richter (writer, director and producer)
Publisher
Richter Productions
Date
1985
Citation
“Hungry for Profit (1985) (excerpt),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 17, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/487.