Beautiful and Heartbreaking.
The Spectre of Hope is an amazing look at the work of photographer/economist Sebastiao Salgado. His visual exploration of the effects of a globalized economy on the third world is must know material for anyone living in the fast disintegrating first world. This movie shows us the plight of the 'other', and warns us that we are dangerously close to becoming these 'others'. As incomes become tenuous, as markets move in search of profit instead of happiness what is left behind are the growing masses on the short end of globalization. Mr. Salgado has captured all of this in the beautiful black and white images that make up this film. His conversation with John Berger illuminates the process behind this massive work photographing the millions of dispossessed.
Buy this movie and show it to anyone who will watch.
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