Poverty Movies

Djibi and Ange, two teenagers living on the streets, arrive at the Archipel, an emergency shelter in the heart of Paris. This documentary is a look...

Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to...

Documentary film about Archbishop Dom Hélder Câmara of Recife & Olinda in Brazil.

A cleaner lives a routine life full of poverty and trouble, dreaming of becoming a minister in charge of three different ministries, and comedy...

This short film tells the story of a marginalized man who, in order to survive, collects old cassettes from shops and off the street and carries them...

Hans, living in Vienna during the Great Depression, intends to drown himself in the river after losing his livelihood. While there he meets a girl...

Ahmed is a simple man who lives in a village which called Beidif, 200 km from Cairo in Egypt. His job is to make up the sewer system. All houses in...

Children from a wealthy family are playing in a garden. They encounter poor children, looking sad and sickly, who watch them play with envy. Moved to...

A film about the cross coalition of communities that stopped a planned network of freeways from being built in Seattle in the late 60s and early 70s....

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

The start of a long-term observation of the Bronnmann family from Cologne, who have seven children - what are their concerns, plans, and dreams?

A solitary Frenchman seeks inspiration in a ruined duchy, meeting eccentric figures with their visions of art, madness, and myth. During 15 minutes...

The microcosmic world of a street market on the outskirts of Zagreb: traders, thieves, prostitutes, self-appointed security guards and other lost...

This documentary portrays the front-line street workers who serve the needy under the umbrella of the Salvation Army. Shot in Toronto at...

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...

The degenerate alcoholics, the men and women of the beaches, themselves speak openly about their lives and problems. Through their stories, a picture...

Sometimes it feels like we live in different worlds. But really, we're not that far away.

DREAMING NICARAGUA is a film about HOPE. It's about love for the dignity and courage of the human spirit that, even immersed in uttermost tragic...

"The prevailing stigmatization of the 'villero' universe is fed back by the images. In order to dismantle this stigmatization, other images must be...