Poverty Movies

Using an embedded Iraqi camera crew, AFI has delivered an unprecedented look at life inside post-war Iraq, all from the unique perspective of a...

Antony is obsessed with the idea of a happy family life, but his young daughter has to be cared for by the parents of his wife, who died in a car...

Mr. Hormoz's house is due to a bank mortgage debt. Financial problems have gripped him and his family and caused them trouble. To the extent that.

DREAMING NICARAGUA is a film about HOPE. It's about love for the dignity and courage of the human spirit that, even immersed in uttermost tragic...

A poor boy whose slippers are broken tries to repair them while watching a rich boy continuously cleaning his new and shiny shoes.

After the death of his mother, Raúl is forced to look for his father to solve a legal problem with a property, he finds him in a distant town...

Funny story of an unemployed metalworker, self-proclaimed Marxist, his views and whereabouts.

Made by independent company Wytwórnia A'YoY from Zielona Góra, Poland, mostly by the members of former sketch group Kabaret Potem, this...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing...

Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first national football team.

A short film documenting the time the filmmaker spent in Kenya.

Tony, Pol and Baby are three friends that get together to search a solution to their project for the future, at a standstill. They criticize...

Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives about 3.000 foreign tourists per month. They...

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...

Clyde and Levi prepare for life after high school. Twists and turns allows for them to encounter adversaries that test their friendship, their...

A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his...

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...

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

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