THEME EXPLORATION

global poverty

37 films · 2 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
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026 · Malcolm Venville
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Det regnar på vår kärlek
Det regnar på vår kärlek
1946 · Ingmar Bergman
I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake
2016 · Ken Loach
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His gritty social realist films consistently document the struggles of working-class and impoverished communities, exposing systemic inequality and economic hardship.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films intimately portray the lives of rural migrants and working poor in contemporary China, capturing economic displacement and social marginalization with poetic precision.