Keyword: poverty

Curse of the Starving Class

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1994

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Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950s-era farm family. Dads a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save whats left of their family life.

American Hollow

7.6

1999

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This film tells the tale of a close-knit Appalachian family that has changed little in the last 100 years.

Hallows Eve

3.8

2016

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The Hallows Estate is on alert as strange graffiti tags with messages declaring the streets will be taken over on Halloween night begin to appear on walls around the place, along with sightings of strange figures lurking in the shadows. One of the gangs responsible for the serious anti social behavior that give the estate a bad name, decide to take these threats head on and ignore the curfew on Halloween night. But who ever, or what ever, this new threat is, they seem to have the very night on their side as they make good on their promise of claiming the streets by frightening and violent means.

Beauty Mark

6.3

2017

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An empowering story inspired by true events, a poverty-stricken young mother is forced to move when her house is condemned. With no money and no options, she must confront her abusive past in order to save her family.

Scheme Birds

7.2

2019

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As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where you either get knocked up or locked up, innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.

Food and Shelter

6.9

2015

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A single mother struggles to pay the rent and put food on the table for her 10 year old son.

Class Divide

7.3

2015

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Documentary about class division and gentrification in the West Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and its effects on public housing.

Trouble Behind

7

1991

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During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites sought their former jobs and positions in the community. In 1919, a race riot occurred. Whites put the African-Americans on railroad cars and ran them out of town. In Trouble Behind, members of the Corbin community speak out on the issue. The filmmakers also interview former members of the Corbin, which at the time of filming had only one black family. Some Corbin residents express confusion as to why African-Americans dont move back. Others openly use racial epithets. Some young adults seem troubled by the racism, past and present. Others dont.

People of the Po Valley

6.8

1947

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A documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.

American Winter

7.1

2013

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Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in one American city, the film presents an intimate snapshot of the state of the nations economy as it is playing out in millions of American families, and highlights the human consequences of the decline of the middle class and the fracturing of the American Dream.

Petting Zoo

6.3

2015

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Layla, a young 17 year old school girl, is just like any other. Shes bright, comfortable with her body and surroundings but like most girls her age, she does not know what to do with her life, or even boys for that matter. When Layla becomes pregnant her parents refuse the option of an abortion, thus resulting in her keeping the baby. How will this impact Layla and those around her?

Nabat

7.1

2014

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An elderly couple confront the ravages of war in their poverty-stricken village.