Poverty Movies

  • 1976
    Augusta

    Augusta

    Augusta

    01976HD

    This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity in the Williams...

    Augusta
  • 1934
    Little Man, What Now?

    Little Man, What Now?

    Little Man, What Now?

    6.3331934HD

    A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to...

    Little Man, What Now?
  • 2013
    Marussia

    Marussia

    Marussia

    6.32013HD

    In cities like Paris there are countless people from Eastern Europe who have forsaken their homelands because they can see no future there. Lucia and...

    Marussia
  • 1965
    Chronicle of a Boy Alone

    Chronicle of a Boy Alone

    Chronicle of a Boy Alone

    6.81965HD

    The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

    Chronicle of a Boy Alone
  • 1951
    Victims of Sin

    Victims of Sin

    Victims of Sin

    6.5631951HD

    A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.

    Victims of Sin
  • 1963
    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    7.1191963HD

    Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent...

    Life Goes On
  • 1974
    La guarida

    La guarida

    La guarida

    51974HD

    A very impoverished man wanders the cold and hostile city looking for cigarette butts. After being humiliated by rude people at a bar, he comes back...

    La guarida
  • 1958
    The Money

    The Money

    The Money

    6.31958HD

    The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam...

    The Money
  • 1993
    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    4.51993HD

    FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES, completed in 1993, portrays street gang presidents in the Bronx. Their world was the streets, set against a backdrop of uprooted...

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves
  • 1990
    Rodrigo D. No Future

    Rodrigo D. No Future

    Rodrigo D. No Future

    7.11990HD

    Rodrigo is a marginalized and lonely being who prefers to die before being forced to kill. He finds himself trapped in a city that oppresses him,...

    Rodrigo D. No Future
  • 1970
    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    51970HD

    Ali gets a job and, by dint of dedication and patience, achieves a significant promotion and ends up becoming the manager of the company, as well as...

    The Right Way
  • 2007
    Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

    Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

    Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

    6.22007HD

    During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh...

    Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
  • 1976
    The Bricklayers

    The Bricklayers

    The Bricklayers

    6.41976HD

    When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances...

    The Bricklayers
  • 2019
    Dear Friend

    Dear Friend

    Dear Friend

    02019HD

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

    Dear Friend
  • 2019
    Pariah Dog

    Pariah Dog

    Pariah Dog

    52019HD

    Shot over three years, Pariah Dog paints a kaleidoscopic picture of the city of Kolkata, seen through the prism of four outsiders and the dogs they...

    Pariah Dog
  • 2001
    Salvation

    Salvation

    Salvation

    02001HD

    This documentary portrays the front-line street workers who serve the needy under the umbrella of the Salvation Army. Shot in Toronto at...

    Salvation
  • 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
  • 1970
    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy

    01970HD

    Corruption, political instability and social poverty are explored in this tense documentary film chronicling the Greek government debt crisis and its...

    Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy
  • 1967
    Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

    Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

    Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

    01967HD

    Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes, ill health and inadequate housing affect more...

    Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project
  • 1958
    The Street Boy

    The Street Boy

    The Street Boy

    01958HD

    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...

    The Street Boy