Poverty Movies
- 2018
We Are Thankful
We Are Thankful7.72018HD
In the township of Mphopomeni in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa, Siyabonga, a young man, puts up theatre plays. When he hears about a movie...
- 2000
Homeland
Homeland82000HD
Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of...
- 1981
Oh The Cruel World
Oh The Cruel World51981HD
Ratna is married off into a rich family and leads a happy existence with her husband. But the doings of a relative and her husband's tragic death...
- 2020
The Explorer
The Explorer62020HD
A former lawyer leaves everything behind to embark on the quest for a dinosaur-like animal supposedly living in Africa's unexplored forests.
- 2015
Jagat
Jagat6.62015HD
Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians....
- 1962
View from an Alley
View from an Alley51962HD
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.
- 2000
Nuyorican Dream
Nuyorican Dream12000HD
A gripping portrait of one Puerto Rican family living in NYC. Roberto, 29, the eldest son gay and living in Greenwich Village. Marta the family...
- 2014
Zivan Makes a Punk Festival
Zivan Makes a Punk Festival6.52014HD
Like Don Quixote, Zivan Pujic Jimmy fights for his annual punk festival. A film about failure, ambition, friendship and clinging to your dreams....
- 2015
Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas62015HD
Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very...
- 2019
The Slums
The Slums92019HD
The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.
- 1961
A Dream of Fortune
A Dream of Fortune61961HD
Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare...
- 2021
Nun Nancy
Nun Nancy02021HD
Nun Nancy follows the heartfelt ministry of a passionate woman of God that served the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland disguised as a bartender so...
- 2020
The Void Inside
The Void Inside02020HD
After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence of many years. While waiting for the liberating...
- 2018
What Comes Around
What Comes Around02018HD
In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily bread is a constant struggle. But the sense of...
- 2004
Elephants Never Forget
Elephants Never Forget72004HD
A man fails to acknowledge the teenagers he mistreated when they were small children.
- 1985
La graduación de un delincuente
La graduación de un delincuente01985HD
Dario, a young lower-class, graduated from a management training academy is convinced to be prepared to achieve fortune. In search of a job, he gets...
- 2022
Cost of Living
Cost of Living02022HD
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...
- 2004
Lady Joker
Lady Joker7.52004HD
Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama...
- 1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk51983HD
Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father...
- 1927
Sally in Our Alley
Sally in Our Alley01927HD
Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy...