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Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. In Kenya's rural countryside, Jackson's farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multimillion-dollar rice farm. Across the country in Nairobi, Silva's home and business in Africa's largest shantytown are being demolished as part of a U.N. slum-upgrading project. The gripping stories of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development present a unique opportunity see foreign aid through eyes of the people it is intended to help.
Good Fortune has its broadcast premiere tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 13, at 10 PM on most PBS stations. (Check your local listings.)

Visit the POV Good Fortune website to watch the trailer and an exclusive video interview with filmmakers Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine. Experts from all sides of the international development debate, including the executive director of UN-HABITAT (featured in the film), respond to the stories in Good Fortune and provide perspectives on the complexities of foreign aid. And don't miss linktype="link"> with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and Nobel Economics Prize winner Amartya Sen, in which they talk about the organizations they think are doing good work in Africa.

Good Fortune will be available online in its entirety from Wednesday, July 14 through October 12, 2010.