Poverty Movies

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...

A shot-on-video look at three impoverished Black communities in rural Georgia in 1976 - America's bicentennial, interspersing photos with footage and...

A couple of children earn their living by playing music on the streets of Teheran. But a thief steals their accordion.

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

A tragic account of the poverty and desperation in the once-prosperous nation of Zimbabwe.

Lahore, Pakistan. During a whole day, we follow Agha, a little boy who, to survive, collects waste in the street without caring about the world which...

In a society where voluntary death has become an official way to help families facing financial hardship, a young man decides to give his life for...