Comics Take on Global Poverty in 'Stand Up Planet' Jennifer Lentfer - TakePart
go to original May 9, 2014

STAND UP PLANET Official Trailer — Featuring Hasan Minhaj, Bill Cosby, Carl Reiner, Norman Lear (Link TV)

Even as a seasoned international aid worker, I find my eyes glazing over when I see or hear news about the “developing world.” Poverty. Famine. Conflict. Injustice. Rarely is another narrative presented about the issues facing 80 percent of the world’s population, most of whom live on less than $10 per day.

But what if everyday people were given a chance to respond to these perplexing global issues constructively, rather than with despair or cynicism?

Enter Hasan Minhaj. In Stand Up Planet, a documentary premiering May 14 on our sister network, Pivot, the Los Angeles comic and filmmaker travels to India and South Africa to determine whether comedy can be used as a tool to help save the world.

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Link TV and Pivot will air Stand Up Planet simultaneously on May 14 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Additionally, the documentary will air May 14 on Southern California’s KCET at 9 p.m. PT.

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