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“This gripping, broadly accessible breakdown of a globally resonant subject.” -Variety
“This gripping, broadly accessible breakdown of a globally resonant subject.” -Variety
When universal basic income (UBI) comes to the Kenyan village of Kogutu, lives are forever changed. GiveDirectly, one of the fastest growing nonprofits of the 21st century, is sending free money for twelve years as part of the world’s largest UBI experiment. Filmmakers Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko juxtapose the story of these young economists, bankrolled by Silicon Valley and convinced that they have found an infallible algorithm to end world poverty, with portraits of local Kenyans whose lives are being dramatically impacted for better and for worse.
DIRECTORS
Lauren DeFilippo & Sam Soko
PRODUCERS
Amanda Pollak, Jeremy Allen, Jordan Fudge
EDITORS
Ryan Mullins, Raul Santos, Mila Aung-Thwin
ORIGINAL SCORE
Eduardo Aram
SALES INQUIRIES
Amanda Lebow
amanda.lebow@caa.com
FESTIVALS AND ALL OTHER INQUIRIES
Lauren Schwartz
lschwartz@fullpic.com
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