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41 Films about Poverty
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Zewdu
One of thousands of children living on the streets of Addis Ababa, Zewdu gets an unexpected windfall that will allow him to return to his village
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The Film Class
When filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks came to Rahat, a town afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence, he taught a group of Black Bedouin women about filmmaking
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The Ox (Oxen)
The story of a man driven by hunger and poverty to a brutally desperate act of betrayal that wounds his family and community
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Remigration
In a future San Francisco that is entirely upper-class, the city starts a program to bring working-class families back
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![Uninsured in the Mississippi Delta]()
Uninsured in the Mississipp...
Inhabitants of the Mississippi Delta grapple daily with an impossible dilemma: food or medicine
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![The Most Distant Places]()
The Most Distant Places
What happens when people in remote rural areas can't afford to travel to the hospital for surgery?
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![The Great Ones Pre-School]()
The Great Ones Pre-School
The Great Ones Pre-School educates vulnerable children who may otherwise not have a chance to learn.
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![Sierra Leone: Where Every Pregnancy is a Gamble]()
Sierra Leone: Where Every P...
Sierra Leone has many challenges ahead including improving child and maternal health.
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Kandahar Treasure
An Afghan-American woman in Kandahar has started a business that provides local women with jobs.
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![Because I Dare]()
Because I Dare
Women in Ethiopia are trained to make cobblestones, a profession that gives them regular income and financial independence.
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![Bamako Chic: Threads of Power, Color and Culture]()
Bamako Chic: Threads of Pow...
Women in Mali use artistic creativity to alleviate poverty and affirm identity.
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Two Things Involved
A small group of devoted healthcare workers educate their communities about HIV/AIDS.
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The End of Poverty?
A phenomenal discourse on why poverty exists when there is so much wealth in the world.
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Fema City
In 2004 a trailer park was set up in a field on Charlotte County, Florida, after Hurricane Charley destroyed buildings and homes.
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Children of God
CHILDREN OF GOD explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal
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![Third Avenue: Only The Strong Survive]()
Third Avenue: Only The Stro...
This documentary follows the lives of six people who live or work on Third Avenue.
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Hunger In The Suburbs
It seems hard to believe that in the world's most affluent country, hunger exists.
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![Chinatown: Immigrants In America]()
Chinatown: Immigrants In Am...
Chinatown: Immigrants in America explores the plight of Chinese immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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![Children of Congo: From War to Witches]()
Children of Congo: From War...
This film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in the Democrat Republic of Congo.
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Africa's Daughters
Two Ugandan girls with one big dream: to lift their families out of poverty. To do that they must graduate High School.
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![Goodbye Hungaria]()
Goodbye Hungaria
A documentary love story
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The Forgotten City
Buffalo was once one of the richest cities in the U.S; and is now a place where racism and poverty plague a once great city.
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![Everything's Fine]()
Everything's Fine
Seydou Konate is at the center of a global issue: bringing quality health care to rural people left behind by development
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Agile Mobile Hostile
Warning: Adult Content -- A look at the year in the life of R and B musician Andre Williams
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![Bread]()
Bread
Guatemalan brothers Edwin and Edson crush rocks with their father so their family has enough to eat
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![Dead People]()
Dead People
The fictionalized history of Frank Butler, a local character in an economically depressed small town
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![India's Hidden Plague]()
India's Hidden Plague
Hollywood superstar Ashley Judd is on a mission to fight youth AIDS in India
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![We Will Not Die Like Dogs]()
We Will Not Die Like Dogs
Profiles AIDS activists from Nigeria, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and Zambia
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![Losing Ground: The New Face of Homelessness]()
Losing Ground: The New Face...
A young lesbian couple facing the crisis of homelessness, as they work to build a better life for themselves.
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![20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup]()
20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup
The story of Maxim Vakhmin, an alleycat of a man, as New York put his nine lives to the test
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![Argentina Turning Around]()
Argentina Turning Around
Argentinean factory workers unite to bolster the economy
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![The Face of Poverty]()
The Face of Poverty
This short film confronts America's widening poverty gap through a creative journey through NYC
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Volunteer
A profile of Georgia's most unlikely literacy volunteer
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![The Art of Overcoming Poverty]()
The Art of Overcoming Poverty
Documentary featuring footage and commentary about the social issue of homelessness
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![Hope: One Mother's Story]()
Hope: One Mother's Story
The story of a mother who struggles to get back on her feet to take care of her children
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Writing Through
The life of RenaZance: a man who uses the spoken-word to express himself
