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.
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they...
The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
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 ...
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and powe...
A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see be...
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp...
A crime suspense drama that follows four female college students who live in the same dormitory. Aft...
In the "Lilypad House," a small run-down house, lives Simala, a young woman who is raised to be ambi...
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for ...
After her divorce, Kariya Mako returned to work as a contract editor for an economics magazine. Ther...
Mayuko Chigasaki is an ordinary girl from the countryside, who now is attending university in big ci...
Hiyori Iki is a normal middle school student until she was involved in a bus accident while trying t...
Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcra...
Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in ...
When Zhang Nan was a child, his mother was imprisoned because she had fought with the villagers over...