Poverty Movies

  • 2018
    We Are Thankful

    We Are Thankful

    We Are Thankful

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    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...

    We Are Thankful
  • 2000
    Homeland

    Homeland

    Homeland

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    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...

    Homeland
  • 1981
    Oh The Cruel World

    Oh The Cruel World

    Oh The Cruel World

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    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...

    Oh The Cruel World
  • 2020
    The Explorer

    The Explorer

    The Explorer

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    A former lawyer leaves everything behind to embark on the quest for a dinosaur-like animal supposedly living in Africa's unexplored forests.

    The Explorer
  • 2015
    Jagat

    Jagat

    Jagat

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    Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians....

    Jagat
  • 1962
    View from an Alley

    View from an Alley

    View from an Alley

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

    View from an Alley
  • 2000
    Nuyorican Dream

    Nuyorican Dream

    Nuyorican Dream

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    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...

    Nuyorican Dream
  • 2014
    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    6.52014HD

    Like Don Quixote, Zivan Pujic Jimmy fights for his annual punk festival. A film about failure, ambition, friendship and clinging to your dreams....

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival
  • 2015
    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    62015HD

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

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
  • 2019
    The Slums

    The Slums

    The Slums

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    The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.

    The Slums
  • 1961
    A Dream of Fortune

    A Dream of Fortune

    A Dream of Fortune

    61961HD

    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...

    A Dream of Fortune
  • 2021
    Nun Nancy

    Nun Nancy

    Nun Nancy

    02021HD

    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...

    Nun Nancy
  • 2020
    The Void Inside

    The Void Inside

    The Void Inside

    02020HD

    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...

    The Void Inside
  • 2018
    What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

    02018HD

    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...

    What Comes Around
  • 2004
    Elephants Never Forget

    Elephants Never Forget

    Elephants Never Forget

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    A man fails to acknowledge the teenagers he mistreated when they were small children.

    Elephants Never Forget
  • 1985
    La graduación de un delincuente

    La graduación de un delincuente

    La graduación de un delincuente

    01985HD

    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...

    La graduación de un delincuente
  • 2022
    Cost of Living

    Cost of Living

    Cost of Living

    02022HD

    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...

    Cost of Living
  • 2004
    Lady Joker

    Lady Joker

    Lady Joker

    7.52004HD

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

    Lady Joker
  • 1983
    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

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    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...

    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • 1927
    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley

    01927HD

    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...

    Sally in Our Alley