One + One was produced by six Missouri State University students in the Electronic Arts program who traveled to Kenya, Africa in 2008 to gather information about how micro loans are changing the face of international relief efforts aimed at eradicating global poverty. The microfinance movement connects people one person at a time, challenging people to think about foreign aid in a completely new way. Instead of simply supplying food and relief supplies on an as-needed basis, micro-financing organizations provide small loans that provide the tools for poor families to create self-sustaining businesses which can break the cycle of poverty. Winner of the Broadcast Education Association’s top award for best student documentary, One + One is an outstanding testimony to the competence, creativity, and commitment that Missouri State University students bring to the Public Affairs Mission of the university.
What: One + One: A Human Network (USA, 2008)
Directed by Sid McGregor
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010 – 7:00pm
Where: Plaster Student Union Theater, MSU Campus
7:00 – 8:00 pm
We are sponsoring this film screening in anticipation of the visit by the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus. He will speak at Missouri State’s Spring Convocation Lecture on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:00 p.m. in Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Our screening of One + One will serve as a prelude to Professor Yunus’ lecture about how the power of free markets can be harnessed to solve social problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality.
For more information call the Media, Journalism and Film Department at MSU: 417-836-5218.
MSU Parking Info:
Parking will be available in Lot 24 (entrance west side of National Ave, one block south of Grand Street) or in the Park and Ride facility next to Hammons Hall, then take the MSU Shuttle to Plaster Studennt Union.
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