Directors Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko document the impact of a Universal Basic Income charity scheme in Kenya ‘Free Money’ Dirs: Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko. USA, Kenya. 2022. 77mins
Established in 2008 by four Harvard economics graduates, the charity GiveDirectly aims to — in the words of co-founder Michael Faye — “disrupt” the nonprofit sector by offering a Universal Basic Income (UBI) directly to impoverished individuals in some of the worlds poorest countries. Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko’s eye-opening documentary details the ideological and practical clash between well-meaning Western philanthropy and the realities of life in rural Kenya; a […]
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