Poverty Movies

  • 1970
    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    01970HD

    Corruption, political instability and social poverty are explored in this tense documentary film chronicling the Greek government debt crisis and its...

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy
  • 2014
    Breadline Kids

    Breadline Kids

    Breadline Kids

    02014HD

    Over 300,000 children were given food aid in the UK last year. While politicians argue about why so many kids are experiencing food poverty, we ask...

    Breadline Kids
  • 2017
    The Day I Hate to Go to School

    The Day I Hate to Go to School

    The Day I Hate to Go to School

    02017HD

    Eun-jung, who is poor enough to buy a sanitary pad, leaves school without her father's knowledge and sneaks into her house. And they spend the day in...

    The Day I Hate to Go to School
  • 2015
    Gringo on the Slum

    Gringo on the Slum

    Gringo on the Slum

    32015HD

    Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives about 3.000 foreign tourists per month. They...

    Gringo on the Slum
  • 1927
    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley

    01927HD

    Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy...

    Sally in Our Alley
  • 2003
    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    6.22003HD

    Made by independent company Wytwórnia A'YoY from Zielona Góra, Poland, mostly by the members of former sketch group Kabaret Potem, this...

    Tale of People from Here
  • 1958
    The Street Boy

    The Street Boy

    The Street Boy

    01958HD

    Young widow Li Jingqin is struggling to put her son Du Shaoxiong through school with her meagre income. Bullied by the landlady, Du spends his days...

    The Street Boy
  • 2020
    Absent

    Absent

    Absent

    82020HD

    Unable to afford proper menstrual products, Chloe is constantly faced with anxiety and humiliation; this is not the first time this has happened and...

    Absent
  • 2016
    My Father's Wings

    My Father's Wings

    My Father's Wings

    6.22016HD

    Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a...

    My Father's Wings
  • 2023
    OTEP The Dreamer

    OTEP The Dreamer

    OTEP The Dreamer

    02023HD

    Embarking on a remarkable journey, Otep, a 16-year-old high school boy, faces a challenging narrative of education. It is where resources are as...

    OTEP The Dreamer
  • 2021
    The Department

    The Department

    The Department

    02021HD

    THE DEPARTMENT is a feature documentary which takes us inside the never-before-seen child protection system at work in NSW. Filmed in an...

    The Department
  • 2019
    Cut Fodder

    Cut Fodder

    Cut Fodder

    72019HD

    Tells the story of Kim, Bas and Michael. Four underprivileged teens living in a disadvantaged neighborhood. They have to deal with aggression,...

    Cut Fodder
  • 1914
    The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    5.31914HD

    A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.

    The Little Match Girl
  • 2009
    Likhaya

    Likhaya

    Likhaya

    02009HD

    A look at the rampant HIV epidemic rate in Swaziland.

    Likhaya
  • 2013
    Los posibles

    Los posibles

    Los posibles

    6.32013HD

    Santiago Mitre co-directs his first movement following The Student together with choreographer Onofri Barbato. Although it would have been more...

    Los posibles
  • 2012
    Stealing Africa

    Stealing Africa

    Stealing Africa

    8.52012HD

    Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years,...

    Stealing Africa
  • 1985
    Hungry for Profit

    Hungry for Profit

    Hungry for Profit

    01985HD

    Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS...

    Hungry for Profit
  • 1983
    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    01983HD

    The Fall of the I-Hotel brings to life the battle for housing in San Francisco. The brutal eviction of the International Hotel's tenants culminated a...

    The Fall of the I-Hotel
  • 2006
    Retrieval

    Retrieval

    Retrieval

    5.92006HD

    19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal...

    Retrieval
  • 2005
    Home

    Home

    Home

    02005HD

    On a gang-controlled dead end street, Sheree Farmer is raising her six children alone. With the help of Mary Abernathy, a former fashion industry...

    Home