THEME EXPLORATION

global poverty

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Avengers
The Avengers
2012 · Joss Whedon
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose systemic poverty and social inequality through intimate character studies of working-class struggles.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He explores poverty and marginalization with compassion and nuance, examining how families survive economic hardship and social exclusion.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His austere, unflinching cinema documents rural and urban poverty in post-communist Eastern Europe with unforgettable realism.