Poverty Movies
- 1914
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl5.31914HD
A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.
- 2018
Un jour ça ira
Un jour ça ira8.32018HD
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...
- 1963
The Airy Tomb
The Airy Tomb01963HD
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...
- 2014
Canción de barrio
Canción de barrio102014HD
Documentary collecting some experiences of the first two years of the "Gira interminable" tour were Silvio Rodriguez performs for the marginal neighbo...
- 2024
L'Effet Bahamas
L'Effet Bahamas72024HD
- 2016
The Shepherdess of the Glaciers
The Shepherdess of the Glaciers72016HD
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...
- 1974
One Man's War
One Man's War6.81974HD
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...
- 2018
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey72018HD
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...
- 2005
Made in Serbia
Made in Serbia6.82005HD
MADE IN SERBIA portrays the Serbian video porn industry by presenting four life stories of domestic porn actors. Unlike their Western counterparts, th...
- 1995
Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience01995HD
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...
- 2022
Los pobres aman con las manos
Los pobres aman con las manos02022HD
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...
- 1967
The Things I Cannot Change
The Things I Cannot Change101967HD
"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...
- 1981
Oh The Cruel World
Oh The Cruel World51981HD
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...
- 1987
The Journey
The Journey3.21987HD
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...
- 2020
The Explorer
The Explorer62020HD
A former lawyer leaves everything behind to embark on the quest for a dinosaur-like animal supposedly living in Africa's unexplored forests.
- 2015
Jagat
Jagat6.62015HD
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...
- 1985
Paths of liberation
Paths of liberation01985HD
Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima. A...
- 1949
Boys from the Streets
Boys from the Streets7.31949HD
The movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like unemployment,...
- 2014
Zivan Makes a Punk Festival
Zivan Makes a Punk Festival6.52014HD
Like Don Quixote, Zivan Pujic Jimmy fights for his annual punk festival. A film about failure, ambition, friendship and clinging to your dreams. Glavo...
- 2019
The Slums
The Slums92019HD
The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.