Films
Life Films
Five new programmes in TVE's award-winning Life series explore the obstacles that prevent industrialized countries delivering on the promises they signed up to, which were enshrined in MDG 8 , 'the global partnership for development'. These range from endemic corruption and bureaucracy to the arrogance of donor agencies and the power wielded by global corporations. More
Element Films
Six x five minute programmes in the 'Element' strand for MTV bring the 'big picture' issues - climate change, poverty, discrimination - to young viewers through the exceptional stories of exceptional young people. More
Africa Calling
Eight short films feature ordinary Africans - from Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - delivering a powerful series of messages direct to the G8 leaders meeting in Gleneagles in July 2005 about the things that would most improve their lives. More
Dead Mums Don't Cry
BBC Panorama documentary which tells the story of Grade Kodindo, an obstetrician committed to trying to deliver on the MDG5 promise to cut maternal mortality in the West African country of Chad, a country where one in 11 mothers die - most needlessly, from preventable causes - in childbirth. More
VPRO Dutch Films
Two groundbreaking 50 minute documentaries from Dutch broadcaster VPRO's award-winning current affairs programme Tegenlicht: Noreena Hertz following anti-globalization campaigner and author Noreena Hertz and Jeffrey's Policy exploring influential economist Professor Jeffrey Sach's new book, 'The End of Poverty'. More
Partners
'The MDGs in Focus' was made in association with:
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
For more information on the Millennium Campaign