Poverty Movies

A deeply human portrait of the chaotic reality of the US - Mexico border. Full of stunnig images and crafted like a classic...

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...

The film chronicles everyday struggle of a Russian woman for “ordinary” happiness of her family.

Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children...

A woman struggles as she is caught at a supermarket for shoplifting. This award-winning short film is inspired by the cost of living crisis in...

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

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...

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...

In the wake of Glasgow’s rapid deindustrialization and economic decline in the 90s, a young Fraser falls victim to knife crime and is indelibly...

An experimental and critical view on the decadence of Honduran society. It practically has no narrative structure, as it plays out as a...

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside...

Short documentary about the marginalized youth in Canyelles, Barcelona.

In 1985 a picturesque Argentinian holiday town was completely flooded, not to re-emerge until 2009. Now only Pablo remains in this modern day...

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...

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

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 look at what happened after Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was filmed in the Romanian village...

3.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialised world and successive governments...

A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal...