In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This series examines how the poor fared during these years and the resultant evolution of foundation and public sector programs addressing the challenges of poverty.
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they...
A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Feat...
Four famous volunteers try to untangle the complicated reasons and life choices that lie behind Brit...
Four famous volunteers agree to swap their fame and fortune for a world of joblessness, job-hunting ...
Mayuko Chigasaki is an ordinary girl from the countryside, who now is attending university in big ci...
A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see be...
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for ...
A crime suspense drama that follows four female college students who live in the same dormitory. Aft...
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp...
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and powe...
In the "Lilypad House," a small run-down house, lives Simala, a young woman who is raised to be ambi...
Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in ...
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections...