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...

Ken Loach's production for Save The Children, withheld from public view until 2011.

As we live through the deepest cost of living crisis for over fifty years, archive footage of Yorkshire and the North East reflects recurring cycles...

Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama...

Gangstresses, a documentary by Harry Davis, tells the story of violence, poverty, and survival in the streets from a female perspective. Over a...

Yang Mengchi is a spoiled, rich do-nothing whose habit of smoking opium has cost him his entire fortune and the family mansion, the Garden of Repose,...

Ranka is a street orphan, all of ten years old. He makes manjha used in kite flying for a living, and he has to take care of his three-year-old...

The lives of several individuals in the city criss-cross, thanks to children, who offer them a chance at redemption.

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...

Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very...

The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam...

A couple of children earn their living by playing music on the streets of Teheran. But a thief steals their accordion.

The film tells the story of a young man who dreams of securing high jobs by completing his doctorate, but is forced to spend his days in a pig farm.

This animated version of the classic Charles Dickens book faithfully follows the adventures of the young orphan Oliver Twist.

Tony, Pol and Baby are three friends that get together to search a solution to their project for the future, at a standstill. They criticize...

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...

"This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in...

Francis has been living in his apartment for several years. However, his world quickly falls apart has he learns that he has five minutes to leave...