Poverty Movies

The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her...

A struggling Liberian rubber plantation worker risks everything to discover a new life as a Yellow Cab driver in New York City.

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

Documentary film about four families in Pori, Finland, all struggling with unemployment and poverty.

After agreeing to work as a hitman for a dangerous mafioso, Simon faces a moral dilemma when he rescues a man, who happens to have a shocking story...

The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of...

Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming...

A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she...

From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois,...

Mickey is playing Christmas carols on a standup bass for change. Alas, all he gets is screws, rocks, and other useless stuff. He plays outside a rich...

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the...

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside...

14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to her rescue when she really needs it.

Peronist view of its history between the fall in 1955 and the electoral triumph of 1973 using a metaphor of the poem Martin Fierro.

The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live...

A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

A glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Memphis, TN, as he faces the harsh...

Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his...

MADE IN SERBIA portrays the Serbian video porn industry by presenting four life stories of domestic porn actors. Unlike their Western counterparts,...