Synopsis

*Good Fortune* offers a compelling examination of how large-scale international poverty reduction initiatives in Africa may inadvertently harm the communities they seek to assist. In Kenya’s rural heartland, Jackson’s farm faces inundation by an American investor eager to alleviate poverty through the establishment of a lucrative rice plantation. Meanwhile, in Nairobi, Silva’s home and livelihood in Africa’s largest slum are being destroyed as part of a United Nations slum redevelopment project.