THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and class struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 · John Ford
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Baby’s Shoe
A Baby’s Shoe
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Dead End
Dead End
1937 · William Wyler
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 · J. Lee Thompson
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit
1921 · Cecil B. DeMille
Les Bas-fonds
Les Bas-fonds
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
1958 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently portray working-class struggles and systemic poverty with unflinching realism and social critique.

 Coen Brothers Belgium

They examine the daily hardships of economically disadvantaged people navigating welfare systems and economic precarity.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films explore poverty, inequality, and family bonds within marginalized communities with compassion and nuanced storytelling.