Film

Stealing Africa

8.9

0h 52m

2012

Synopsis

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.

Director

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Trailer

Documentary

africaswitzerlandpovertytax evasionimperialismneo-colonialismexploration of africazambiacopperglencorefrancafriquecolonial slavery

Cast & Crew

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

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