8 Summary
Director: Jane Campion, Mira Nair, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Gaspar Noé, Jan Kounen, Abderrahmane Sissako, Gael García Bernal
Genres: Drama
Eight internationally known filmmakers address vital issues concerning the Third World in this omnibus feature. In 2000, 191 countries affiliated with the United Nations agreed to take part in a program to cut world poverty in half before the year 2015 by observing eight Millennium Development Goals. In Eight, each of these goals is addressed in a short film from a different filmmaker. "Tiya's Dream" by Adberrahmane Sissako focuses on "Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger" in a story about an African student preparing a class project on the Millennium Development Goals. A child in Iceland is learning about Nepal in Gael Garc
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