Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction.
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Chota Bai
Self
Gora Bai
Self
Gyarsi Bai
Self
Sona Bai
Self
Teeja Bai
Self
Tulsi Bai
Self
Mel Cobb
(voice)
Leena Dhingra
(voice)
Randal Herley
(voice)
Christopher Connor
Crofter
Allan Sharpe
Crofter
Raymond Ross
Lord Napier
Robin Thomson
James Loch
Morgan Fairchild
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
