Poverty Movies

A tory based on classical theatre play "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.

Young widow Li Jingqin is struggling to put her son Du Shaoxiong through school with her meagre income. Bullied by the landlady, Du spends his days...

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal...

In 2059, in a broken-down world, silicon has become the most precious material on the planet. A man and a girl barter transistors and microchips for...

She is one of the last shepherdesses who still lives with her flock in the heights of the Gya-Miru valley in Ladakh. At the age of 50, Tsering is the...

Coin is not about chasing wealth. It is about what happens when people are pushed so far down that they stop reaching altogether and only fight 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....

Colors explores the bonds of a young family living in the Bronx. They are displaced after unforeseen circumstances take the family to unexpected...

A story about life adversities of an old emigrant who returns from America to his native village.

A newly adopted girl is doted on by her adopted father but faces indifference from her adopted mother.

The film revolves around Bayoumi Mustafa Saati, a simple man whom all people love for his safety and skill in his work. He succeeds in working in a...

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...

Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima....

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...

Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming...

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

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...

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...

A documentary filmed in late 2005 that brings the viewer close to the living conditions and unresolved problems for Palestinian refugees in the...