Living with Poverty
Hard-hitting documentaries offering insights into the nature and extent of poverty today.
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About Living with Poverty
ThisÌýnew series of hard-hitting documentariesÌýoffers insights into the nature and extent of contemporary poverty.ÌýÌý
ÌýEach film explores an area of England and records the stories of people who live on or close to the so-called breadline.Ìý
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Some contributors live in fear of slipping into debt and poverty; others are already struggling to make ends meet.
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We hear powerful personal testimonies and witness lives that can often go unnoticed by the media and wider society.Ìý
ÌýThe films cover different forms and ideas of poverty includingÌýrural hardship, relative poverty, the working poor, child poverty, geographical poverty, plus poverty of ambition and expectations.Ìý
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