Poverty Movies

In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them...

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile...

Terry is a homeless drifter just trying to get by in a new city. But when his life is threatened, he attempts to escape with the help of Eva, a sex...

In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to...

Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is...

A poor fisherman and his girlfriend live in a small boat under an open sky for decades. Based on a true story.

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...

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

After the waning of the protests in Sanrizuka, Ogawa Pro started questioning the future of the collective and looking for other subjects to...

Amila comes from a small village in Sri Lanka. After losing his parents, he moves to Colombo. He works as a construction worker in a Chinese building...

A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a...

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

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s...

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...

Set in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, GOOD FUNK follows three generations of citizens whose lives intersect...

A veteran general, living poorly but honestly with his wife and his daughter, is visited by his future son-in-law who informs him that he is going to...

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

A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.