The Canisius College Video Institute presents the premiere screening of “The Poverty Parallel,” a documentary that challenges perceptions of poverty, on Wednesday March 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Science Hall Commons. The event is free and open to the public. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion and refreshments.
“The Poverty Parallel,” by journalism and religious studies dual-major Katie Cosgrove ’15 and digital media arts and communication studies dual-major Tyler Kauffmann ’16, examines how Westernization increases a desire for modernization in an underdeveloped nation and challenges what it means to be rich or poor. The documentary explores this parallel and the increase in Westernization in Marangu, Tanzania through: agricultural history, tourism in the Kilimanjaro region and cultural shifts in society. The documentary came to be through a course coordinated by religious studies professor Timothy Wadkins, PhD, education professor James Oigara, PhD, and the Institute for the Global Study of Religion at Canisius College.
This documentary is a must-see event for anyone interested in the relationship between cultural shifts and global social issues.
Watch the trailer here. https://vimeo.com/146970322
For more information about the event, email Jamie O’Neil at oneilj@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Sarah Seiler – student
