Poverty Movies

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

Between the city and the countryside, the subtle and modern forms of slavery unfold. A girl waits for the pick-up truck that will transport her to...

Benok, robbed off his childhood, had to work due to poverty. While his mother spends time on gambling. In his eyes, the world has changed where...

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

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 story of a young boy who must go to the store by himself for the first time. Things get complicated when the 140 Dram his mother gave him for...

In the mountains of Northern Thailand lies a boarding school. The students come from different tribes in the area and live together with their Thai...

Short documentary about the marginalized youth in Canyelles, Barcelona.

As Niagara Falls transformed from honeymoon capital of the world to Las Vegas North, corporate hotel chains and casinos cast a long shadow over the...

Homeless student in New York City documents her family struggles.

In the form of a posthumous letter to Storck, using clippings from the original 'Borinage' film, the director paints a personal picture about a...

Al Levin examines the system which functions to keep the working class in the United States oppressed.

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...

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

In a sprawling city, a man's firm belief that people are innately selfless is severely tested.

Set in Isaan, this is the story of a mother who struggles to lead her needy family through seemingly endless hardships and pressures. To help the...

In the ‘poor crescent’ around Brussels one child in three lives on the poverty line. But they can find refuge with BX Brussels of Vincent...

A woman who had been raped and whose family wiped out by the collaborators of the occupying forces during the bloody "liberation war" of Bangladesh...