Poverty Movies

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.

A look behind the scenes of the Czech gay porn boom.

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

A feature length documentary that tells the story of nine young men and women constructing positive lives as they face the challenges of growing up...

RHINO MAN follows the courageous field rangers who risk their lives every day to protect South Africa's rhinos from being poached to extinction.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing...

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

In a neighborhood in Madrid, different cultures and social classes coexist.

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...

Three working-class teenage girls in a port city in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards...

This documentary about poverty in rural working class Swiss communities stands in stark contrast to romantic and idyllic depictions often found in...

In China, Ben & his friend watch a ping-pong competition on a communal village TV, and Ben's dreams begin. Ping-pong is in Ben's heart, but he can't...

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...

Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new...

One stranger on his way to an important meeting will transform the afternoon for another man in this emotionally stirring short film.

A poor boy and girl in rags gather wood in the snow. They pass by a tailor, a butcher and a baker, all of whom pity the children. Later, they arrive...

Documentary about what makes a house a home.

Two unfortunate friends are desperately looking for a job to survive and eventually marry their loved ones.

In the near future, a struggling single mother living out of her car with her young daughter sees a life-changing opportunity when a global online...