songofablackbird.

To understand the complexities of the international food market—and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve—you could get a Ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke.

Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it’s actually probably waaaay over a kid’s head. Just watch—it’s excellent, and very well illustrated.