Poverty Movies

Young widow Li Jingqin is struggling to put her son Du Shaoxiong through school with her meagre income. Bullied by the landlady, Du spends his days...

On the hottest day of the year, an unknown virus spreads throughout inner-city Philadelphia. The infected victims, crazed by dehydration, begin...

Life creates many obstacles for 12 years old boy - Tedo. Tedo belongs to the generation, which was forced to mass displacement because of the civil...

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

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...

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

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

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

Inspired by the incredible true story of a woman who was abducted in the night, torn from her children, and sold into trafficking after her husband...

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of...

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers...

The story of Feng Shu Guang, that ends up in a small village named Shibawan. Initially a man, wants to help fight with poverty in this area. It...

A behind-the-scenes look at the rise of the American rock band, Kings of Leon.

Shot on a single roll of Super 8mm film, with no editing or retakes, RUSSIA follows a poor young man from the Egyptian countryside as he confronts a...

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...

An honest man emigrates to the capital in search of a better life, but ends up mired in extreme poverty along with his family; forced to overcome...

A poor neighborhood of Athens, Asyrmatos, is the center of the world for the people who live there and try in every way to escape from poverty and...

"The body of a white woman found floating in the East River last night was later identified as that of Katie Fagan, 650 Barren Alley. No reason was...

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

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.