Poverty Movies

The intimate life of the mythical Candy Dubois, from her childhood in a correctional facility to her success with the "Blue Ballet" in the great "BIM...

Homeless student in New York City documents her family struggles.

There are thousands of people working as scrap workers in Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana, and Abdallah is one of them. Like the majority, Abdallah is...

A silent film depicting the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong, Bangladesh, a final destination for ships too old to ply the oceans. Every year,...

These are the future leaders of their communities. Ever wonder what it’s like to walk a day in their shoes? How the world looks through their...

A woman who had been raped and whose family wiped out by the collaborators of the occupying forces during the bloody "liberation war" of Bangladesh...

Documentary film about Archbishop Dom Hélder Câmara of Recife & Olinda in Brazil.

Short documentary about the marginalized youth in Canyelles, Barcelona.

DREAMING NICARAGUA is a film about HOPE. It's about love for the dignity and courage of the human spirit that, even immersed in uttermost tragic...

A short film documenting the time the filmmaker spent in Kenya.

It's Christmas time, but not everyone can afford it. Just when a pair of young parents are about to disappoint their little girl, a knight in bright...

Nanay Mayang, a single mother who makes ends meet by selling bananacue each day, struggles to provide for her two children, Toto and Nene. With their...

A look at the rampant HIV epidemic rate in Swaziland.

Using an embedded Iraqi camera crew, AFI has delivered an unprecedented look at life inside post-war Iraq, all from the unique perspective of a...

As we live through the deepest cost of living crisis for over fifty years, archive footage of Yorkshire and the North East reflects recurring cycles...

A former federal agent takes you from Milwaukee's streets into its justice system, following Harold Sloan and six other homeless men over five years...

This film was shot in Cuba in 1994. The opportunity came when Russel Porter, an Australian documentary filmmaker, was invited to teach at the...

Far West Nepal, where maximum labour migration to Bombay happens, is reeling under the impact of an HIV micro epidemic. This documentary is an in...

138 years after her death, a young girl's remains are discovered in a family grave and she is finally commemorated.