The Trouble with Aid

Reception: 6:30pm (with light refreshments)

Film: 7-9pm

Q&A with Director: 9-9:30pm

Co-hosted by PRDU, CAHR and the Politics Department. Open to all students and staff.

The Trouble with Aid (BBC 2013)

Director/Producer Ricardo Pollack

Nominated for Best Historical Documentary, Grierson Awards 2013 (British Documentary Awards)

Official Selection, Amsterdam Documentary Festival 2013

Nominated for the Oxfam Global Justice Award, Amsterdam Documentary Festival 2013

45 years ago a group of young men and women set out to make the world a better place by giving aid to those in desperate need. But trying to do good in the world's worst conflict zones is filled with danger. The Trouble with Aid tells the story of what really happened during the major humanitarian disasters of the last fifty years. Despite the best intentions, did aid do more harm than good?