Poverty to Pearls
The Film
Poverty to Pearls follows the story of a woman-owned business in Zanzibar City that lifted a community out of poverty with successful pearl farming.
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Poverty to Pearls
Project Highlights
Theobald travels to Zanzibar where a local village community has lifted themselves out of poverty through cultivating some of the world's most beautiful and treasured pearls. Originally inspired by folk tales of women who would dive and harvest the pearls wearing long, flowing dresses. Theobald and the Hole in the Wall crew arrived to find the women were not doing the diving and were instead running a modern and buttoned-up business with amazing results.
This project underwritten by:
The Route
Zanzibar part of the United Republic of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones.
Photo Album
A selection of still photos from the Poverty to Pearls project including location, business owners, fishermen and others.
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