THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and inequality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · D.W. Griffith
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
1928 · Jean Renoir
Baba
Baba
1971 · Yílmaz Güney
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
Five Times Favela
Five Times Favela
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Calcutta
Calcutta
1969 · Louis Malle
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' authentically portray working-class struggle and systemic inequality with unflinching compassion.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Afterlife' explore poverty and human dignity with profound tenderness, revealing how marginalized families create meaning amid deprivation.

 Fernando Meirelles Brazil

His films 'City of God' and 'Blindness' viscerally examine urban poverty, violence, and social breakdown through innovative visual storytelling.