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Born Rich is a 2003 documentary film about the experience of growing up in wealthy families. It was created by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and filmed primarily between 1999 and 2001. The film consists primarily of Johnson interviewing 10 other young heirs.
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton has two storylines, both of which show the impoverished lives of residents in the American South.The documentary draws the connection—a vicious cycle—between poverty and the lack of educational opportunity for black people living in the Mississippi Delta, over 150 years after the abolition of slavery.
Documentary films about poverty in the United States (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Documentary films about poverty" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Margie Ratliff, who was featured in the Netflix true-crime docuseries" The Staircase," reexamines the genre with "Subject," her new documentary.
Harvest of Shame was a 1960 television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow on CBS that showed the plight of American migrant agricultural workers.It was Murrow's final documentary for the network; he left CBS at the end of January 1961, at John F. Kennedy's request, to become head of the United States Information Agency.
By the time Kimberly Loper, 28, got the news that she would receive a Section 8 voucher – a coveted federal rental subsidy for low-income families – she had been on the waitlist for three years.
Hidden in America is a 1996 American television film about poverty in the United States.The film is directed by Martin Bell and stars Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Alice Krige, Jeff Bridges, Frances McDormand, and Jena Malone.
Power.” (Oxygen) — Released in December 2021, this 90-minute documentary special, hosted by Troy Roberts, looks into the boat crash, the murders, the insurance fraud and more.