Poverty Movies

The tragic adventures of a illiterate man named "Milusos" who leaves his family & hometown to go to the big city and try to better his luck. And...

Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of...

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

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which...

A story of love, sex and teen pregnancy in San Antonio, Texas. Petting Zoo is the portrait of a young woman coming into her own, in an environment...

Upon his release from prison, an ex-convict returns to his beloved city of Genoa, and to his lover.

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams...

Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot...

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban...

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working...

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...

Against a backdrop of war and poverty, Out of the Ashes, traces the extraordinary journey of a team of young, Afghan men, as they chase a seemingly...

A poor boy and girl in rags gather wood in the snow. They pass by a tailor, a butcher and a baker, all of whom pity the children. Later, they arrive...

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, Class Divide explores two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea...

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary,...

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.