Episode 3: Enjoy PovertyRenzo Martens

Episode III ‘Enjoy Poverty’ investigates the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. As with more traditional African exports such as cocoa and gold, the suppliers of this new African commodity hardly benefit from it at all. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens launches an emancipatory program that helps the poor become aware of what is their primary capital resource: poverty. Over several years Martens single-handedly undertakes an epic journey. Combining investigative journalism, satire and self-awareness in a deeply singular view, Episode III ‘Enjoy Poverty’ is ingeniously provocative, often times ironic and hilarious, whilst the mirror he holds up to us is inevitably sad. Episode III - ‘Enjoy Poverty’ is the third episode in a series of films that reveal the world as a spectator’s paradise.



Vertoond op editie(s) 2009
Screened at edition(s) 2009

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Directed by Renzo Martens
België, Nederland
2008 90 min.
Nederlands, Frans, Lingala
Subtitles: English

Programme

Belgian selection

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Director

Renzo Martens

Producer

Peter Krüger

Production company

Inti Films

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