Poverty Movies

  • 1914
    The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    5.31914HD

    A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.

    The Little Match Girl
  • 2018
    Un jour ça ira

    Un jour ça ira

    Un jour ça ira

    8.32018HD

    Djibi and Ange, two teenagers living on the streets, arrive at the Archipel, an emergency shelter in the heart of Paris. This documentary is a look at...

    Un jour ça ira
  • 1963
    The Airy Tomb

    The Airy Tomb

    The Airy Tomb

    01963HD

    Can there be a bleaker portrait of a life half-lived? Cinematic treatment of poet R.S. Thomas's story of Twm, the "shy soul" who lives and dies alone...

    The Airy Tomb
  • 2014
    Canción de barrio

    Canción de barrio

    Canción de barrio

    102014HD

    Documentary collecting some experiences of the first two years of the "Gira interminable" tour were Silvio Rodriguez performs for the marginal neighbo...

    Canción de barrio
  • 2024
    L'Effet Bahamas

    L'Effet Bahamas

    L'Effet Bahamas

    72024HD

    L'Effet Bahamas
  • 2016
    The Shepherdess of the Glaciers

    The Shepherdess of the Glaciers

    The Shepherdess of the Glaciers

    72016HD

    She is one of the last shepherdesses who still lives with her flock in the heights of the Gya-Miru valley in Ladakh. At the age of 50, Tsering is the...

    The Shepherdess of the Glaciers
  • 1974
    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    6.81974HD

    Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and chi...

    One Man's War
  • 2018
    Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey

    Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey

    Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey

    72018HD

    In the summer of 1959, as a magazine correspondent, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) traveled along the Italian coast. In 1963, he d...

    Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
  • 2005
    Made in Serbia

    Made in Serbia

    Made in Serbia

    6.82005HD

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

    Made in Serbia
  • 1995
    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    01995HD

    A feature length documentary that tells the story of nine young men and women constructing positive lives as they face the challenges of growing up po...

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
  • 2022
    Los pobres aman con las manos

    Los pobres aman con las manos

    Los pobres aman con las manos

    02022HD

    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 constantl...

    Los pobres aman con las manos
  • 1967
    The Things I Cannot Change

    The Things I Cannot Change

    The Things I Cannot Change

    101967HD

    "This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in t...

    The Things I Cannot Change
  • 1981
    Oh The Cruel World

    Oh The Cruel World

    Oh The Cruel World

    51981HD

    Ratna is married off into a rich family and leads a happy existence with her husband. But the doings of a relative and her husband's tragic death push...

    Oh The Cruel World
  • 1987
    The Journey

    The Journey

    The Journey

    3.21987HD

    Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent...

    The Journey
  • 2020
    The Explorer

    The Explorer

    The Explorer

    62020HD

    A former lawyer leaves everything behind to embark on the quest for a dinosaur-like animal supposedly living in Africa's unexplored forests.

    The Explorer
  • 2015
    Jagat

    Jagat

    Jagat

    6.62015HD

    Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians. Forsaken by t...

    Jagat
  • 1985
    Paths of liberation

    Paths of liberation

    Paths of liberation

    01985HD

    Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima. A...

    Paths of liberation
  • 1949
    Boys from the Streets

    Boys from the Streets

    Boys from the Streets

    7.31949HD

    The movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like unemployment,...

    Boys from the Streets
  • 2014
    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival

    6.52014HD

    Like Don Quixote, Zivan Pujic Jimmy fights for his annual punk festival. A film about failure, ambition, friendship and clinging to your dreams. Glavo...

    Zivan Makes a Punk Festival
  • 2019
    The Slums

    The Slums

    The Slums

    92019HD

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

    The Slums