Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages. And when you awake, what can you say about poverty now? There are still very poor people, to be sure, but the new poverty has more to do with inequality...

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The Mother

2007

A Decent Living

A Decent Living

2012

Four Horsemen

Four Horsemen

2012

Broke: The New American Dream

2009

Jóvenes de barrio

Jóvenes de barrio

1982

Something Better to Come

Something Better to Come

2014

The Last Rites

2008

Blood and Water

2007

Hell

Hell

2019

What Comes Around

What Comes Around

2018

Lobsters Unlimited

Lobsters Unlimited

1959

How abortion bans make inequality worse

How abortion bans make inequality worse

2022

Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

2010

Stock Shock

2009

American Hollow

American Hollow

1999

Bread

Bread

1934

Buddha's Lost Children

Buddha's Lost Children

2006

The Precariat Society

The Precariat Society

2020

Requiem for the American Dream

Requiem for the American Dream

2015

The Forecaster

The Forecaster

2014