What is the film “8” all about?

In September 2000, building upon a decade of major United Nations conferences and summits, world leaders came together at United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound targets - with a deadline of 2015 - that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals

Eight filmmakerswho are committed to fighting poverty and want to share with us their view of these goals have each made a short film. Each film deals with one of the Millennium Goals.

These eight short films have been brought together to create the film "8"

The filmmakers, their films, the goals:

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
    Abderrahmane SISSAKO shot in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia, "Tiya’s Dream"
  2. Achieve universal primary education
    Gael GARCIA BERNAL shot in Reykjavik - Iceland, "The Letter"
  3. Promote gender equality and empower women
    Mira NAIR shot in Brooklyn - USA, "How can it be?"
  4. Reduce child mortality
    Gus VAN SANT shot in San Francisco - USA, "Mansion on the Hill"
  5. Improve maternal health
    Jan KOUNEN shot in Peruvian Amazonia, "The Story of Panshin Beka"
  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
    Gaspar NOE shot in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso, "SIDA"
  7. Ensure environmental sustainability
    Jane CAMPION shot in Cooma - Australia, "The Water Diary"
  8. Develop a global partnership for development
    Wim WENDERS shot in Berlin - Germany, "Person to Person"